Lipolysis of triglycerides of human milk during storage at low temperatures: a note of caution.
Human milk samples were divided at collection and stored at -70 degrees C or -20 degrees C, or extracted immediately with organic solvent, to compare lipid class composition. Storage at -20 degrees C was not satisfactory for maintaining milk lipid composition, for it resulted in hydrolysis of triglycerides and the appearance of free fatty acids.
D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005615:Freezing; D006801:Humans; D008066:Lipolysis; D008895:Milk, Human; D011247:Pregnancy; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000378:metabolism
D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D014280:Triglycerides