Essential fatty acids in phosphoglycerides of human milk. Milk from mothers of term and preterm infants.
35 milk samples from 19 women giving birth between 28 and 41 weeks of gestation were studied. The samples were collected on the 3rd, 10th and 21st postpartum days. The phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylcholine fatty acids were analyzed. In this report the proportion of linoleic acid is shown to be significantly lower in colostrum from mothers giving birth prematurely in comparison to colostrum from mothers giving birth at term. No other differences were found in relation to post conception age.
D000328:Adult; D003126:Colostrum / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005994:Glycerophosphates / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000032:analysis*; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000032:analysis*; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines / Q000032:analysis*
D005994:Glycerophosphates; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines