title: [Free amino acid content of human milk in Spain].
abstract: The concentrations of free amino-acids have been determined in 54 samples of human milk: 18 in colostrum, 18 in transition milk and 18 in mature milk, all of them taken from women in the Eastern part of Andalucía. The amino-acids have been determined through high pressure ion-exchange chromatography and fluorimetric detection. Glutamic acid is the major free amino-acid, representing 21-52% of the total amount of these components in human milk. Its level increase significantly with advancing lactation. Taurine represents 14-19 of total free amino-acids in human milk, remaining its levels practically unchanged during the whole lactation. The fact that the major content of essential free amino-acids in present in human colostrum could suppose a contribution of these substances which are directly absorbable during a period of life when the nutritional requirements of the neonate are incremented.
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D003126:Colostrum / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005470:Fluorometry; D006801:Humans; D007774:Lactation; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000032:analysis*; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids
vernacular_title: Contenido de aminoácidos libres en leche humana espanñola.