title: Vitamin D metabolites in human milk.
abstract: The concentrations of unconjugated 25-OHD, 24, 25(OH)2D, and 1,25(OH)2D were measured in human milk by competitive protein-binding radioassays following successive preparative Sephadex LH-20 chromatography and HPLC. The mean (+/- SE) concentration of 25-OHD was 0.37 +/- 0.03 ng/ml, of 24,25(OH)2D was 24.8 +/- 1.9 pg/ml, and of 1,25(OH)2D was 2.2 +/-0.1 pg/ml. The concentration of 25-OHD3 in milk as determined by HPLC and UV detection at 254 nm was 0.27 +/- 0.08 ng/ml. The milk concentrations of vitamin D metabolites did not correlate with the maternal serum 25-OHD levels. The total amounts of unconjugated vitamin D metabolites correspond to the known low bioassayable vitamin D antirachitic activity in human milk.
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004100:Dihydroxycholecalciferols / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006887:Hydroxycholecalciferols / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000032:analysis*; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D004100:Dihydroxycholecalciferols; D006887:Hydroxycholecalciferols