Effects of Holder pasteurization on human milk oligosaccharides.
The benefits of human milk have been confirmed for preterm infants, due to its nutritional aspects and to its biologically active compounds. Oligosaccharides play an emerging leading role among these compounds. Mother's milk can sometimes be lacking for preterm infants; pasteurized donor milk represents therefore an important alternative. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of Holder pasteurization on the concentration and pattern of oligosaccharides in preterm human milk. Our results indicate that pasteurization does not affect the concentration or pattern of analyzed oligosaccharides.
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Turin University, Piazza Polonia 94, Turin, Italy. enrico.bertino@unito.it
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007785:Lactose / Q000032:analysis; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry*; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000378:metabolism; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000032:analysis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013242:Sterilization
D009844:Oligosaccharides; D007785:Lactose