Selenium in human milk and dietary selenium intake by Greeks.
Fluorimetric determination of selenium in colostrum, transitional and mature human milk gave the following concentrations (mean and standard deviation): 41 +/- 16, 23 +/- 6 and 17 +/- 3 ng Se ml-1, respectively. The ranges for each kind of milk, especially for mature milk, were narrow. For all cases studied, the Se concentration in milk decreased with lactation time, reaching a plateau, at 17 ng Se ml-1, after 20 days. It is estimated that breast-fed-only babies in Greece receive approximately 5-11 micrograms Se day-1 up to 6 months of age. From consumed food data it was estimated that adult Greeks receive 100 +/- 6 micrograms Se day-1, in close agreement with our previously determined value of 110 micrograms Se day-1 estimated from food disappearance data.
Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Greece.
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Bratakos
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Ioannou
D000328:Adult; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002648:Child; D003126:Colostrum / Q000737:chemistry; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D005504:Food Analysis; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007774:Lactation; D008297:Male; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012643:Selenium / Q000032:analysis*
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