Changes in plasma lipoproteins from first day to third week of life in healthy breast-fed infants. II. Fatty acid composition of lipoprotein triglyceride- and cholesterol esters.
The fatty acid composition of plasma lipoprotein-triglyceride (TG) and -cholesterol ester (CE) was studied in seven healthy breast-fed infants three times during the first day and on the third, sixth and twenty-first days of life. The major finding was a two-fold increase in the linoleic acid weight percent of plasma lipoprotein-TG and -CE between the first and third weeks of life. This increase could best be explained by the ingestion of breast-milk rich in linoleic acid.
D000367:Age Factors; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002788:Cholesterol Esters / Q000032:analysis*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood*; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000032:analysis*
D002788:Cholesterol Esters; D005227:Fatty Acids; D008074:Lipoproteins; D014280:Triglycerides; C030087:lipoprotein triglyceride