Changes of polyamine concentrations in infants during the first six months of life.
Polyamines were detected in the blood of infants during the first six months of life. The highest spermidine levels were found at the 2nd and the 4th month after birth. Spermine, on the contrary, does not show significant differences. Different types of diet produced no changes in the polyamine pattern.
Istituto di Chimica Biologica, Universita degli Studi di Parma, Italy.
G
G
Orlandini
S
S
Bernasconi
L
L
Zannino
F
F
Bacciottini
E
E
Frezza
N
N
Reali
A
A
Casti
D000375:Aging / Q000097:blood*; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011073:Polyamines / Q000097:blood*; D013095:Spermidine / Q000097:blood; D013096:Spermine / Q000097:blood
D011073:Polyamines; D013096:Spermine; D013095:Spermidine