Estimation of free myo-inositol in milks of various species and its source in milk of rats (Rattus norvegicus).
Free myo-inositol content of milk of rats and other rodents fed standard laboratory chow is 80 mg/100 g as compared to about 4 mg/100 g for cow milk. Feeding experiments with graded amounts of myo-inositol demonstrated that the myo-inositol content of milk is strongly influenced by dietary intake. Radioactivity from either [carbon-14] glucose or [hydrogen-3] myo-inositol injected intraperitoneally was incorporated rapidly into milk myo-inositol. Thus, both mammary biosynthesis and active transport contribute to the high myo-inositol in rat milk, but the latter is quantitatively the more important.
D000818:Animals; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D007294:Inositol / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D007774:Lactation; D008322:Mammals / Q000502:physiology*; D008892:Milk / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats / Q000502:physiology*; D013045:Species Specificity
D007294:Inositol; D005947:Glucose