Avtor/Urednik     Sauerwald, Thorsten U; Demmelmair, Hans; Fidler, Nataša; Koletzko, Berthold
Naslov     Polyunsaturated fatty acid supply with human milk: physiological aspects and in vivo studies of metabolism
Tip     članek
Vir     Adv Exp Med Biol
Vol. in št.     Letnik 478
Leto izdaje     2000
Obseg     str. 261-70
Jezik     eng
Abstrakt     The origin of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in human milk has not been studied in detail. Diet, liberation from matemal stores and endogenous synthesis from precursors may contribute to PUFA present in human milk. Other factors influencing lipid content and fatty acid composition such as gestational age, stage of lactation, nutritional status and genetical background are known. In a series of in vivo studies using stable isotope methodologies we investigated the metabolism of PUFA during lactation. With this techniques the transfer of single dietary fatty acids into human milk, the oxidation and the deposition in tissues were estimated. Our studies demonstrate that the major part of PUFA in human milk seems not to be derived directly from the matemal diet but from body stores. Nevertheless diet is important, because long term intakes affect composition of body stores.
Deskriptorji     LACTATION
MILK, HUMAN
DIETARY FATS
FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED
LINOLEIC ACIDS
HEXANOIC ACIDS
ARACHIDONIC ACIDS
FOOD LABELING
CARBON ISOTOPES