Author/Editor     Fidler, Nataša
Title     Maščobno-kislinska sestava materinega mleka v Sloveniji
Translated title     Fatty acid composition of human milk in Slovenia
Type     monografija
Place     Ljubljana
Publisher     Biotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za živilstvo
Publication year     1997
Volume     str. 77
Language     slo
Abstract     In situ transesterification and capillary GLC were performed for fatty acid composition determination (C13-C24) of colostrum from 41 Slovenian mothers. According to regional areas, there were differences (P=0;0001 and P=0,0046) in contents of 18:2 n-6 (12,62-17,31 % wt/wt) and 18:3n-3 (0,70-1,07 % wt/wt), the linoleic/alpha-linolenic ratio remaining unchanged (15,83 in Celje; 16,31 in Ljubljana and 17,88 in Koper; ns) Colostrum from rural compared to urban area contained higher (P = 0,0260) content of 18:1n-9 (36,85 vs. 34,94 % wt/wt). There was a positive correlation between linoleic and alpha-linolenic acid (P=0,0001; r=0,82) and between sum of n-3 LCP and n-6 LCP (P=0,0001; r =0,77). Comparing to the composition of colostrum in other countries, the colostrum of Slovenian women contained low content of saturated (37,68 % wt/wt) and high content of polyunsaturated fatty acids (21,82 % wt/wt), especially linoleic (15,25 % wt/wt) and alpha-linoleic acid (0,91 % wt/wt), and sum of fatty acids of n-3 and n-6 family. Linoleic/alpha-linoleic acid ratio (16,76) was higher as recommended by ESPGAN (5 - 15), n-6 LCP/n-3 LCP ratio was very high (3,25), especially due to high content of linoleic acid and sum of n-6 LCP (4,07 wt. %).
Descriptors     MILK, HUMAN
FATTY ACIDS
FOOD HABITS
CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS
LINOLENIC ACIDS
COLOSTRUM