title: Human milk fatty acids composition is affected by maternal age.
abstract: Human colostrums and transition milk were collected from women under the age of 37 years and women aged 37 years and older. Transition milk of the younger group had lower fat content and 10-fold higher concentrations of omega 6 FA, eicosadecanoic, and arachdonic acids. Gestational age affected the colostrum concentration of total fat and omega 3 and omega 6 FA composition only in the older group. We concluded that age may be a factor in the FA composition of human milk. This should be taken into account when planning diets for pregnant women of different ages.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Animal Science , The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem , Israel.
authors.forename: Nurit
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Argov-Argaman
authors.affiliation: b Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv , Israel.|c Departments of Pediatrics and Neonatology , Dana Dwek Children's Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center , Tel Aviv , Israel , and.
authors.forename: Dror
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mandel
authors.affiliation: b Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv , Israel.|c Departments of Pediatrics and Neonatology , Dana Dwek Children's Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center , Tel Aviv , Israel , and.
authors.forename: Ronit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lubetzky
authors.affiliation: c Departments of Pediatrics and Neonatology , Dana Dwek Children's Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center , Tel Aviv , Israel , and.
authors.forename: Moran
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hausman Kedem
authors.affiliation: a Department of Animal Science , The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem , Israel.
authors.forename: Bat-Chen
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.affiliation: d Department of Biochemistry and Food Sciences , The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem , Israel.
authors.forename: Zipi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Berkovitz
authors.affiliation: d Department of Biochemistry and Food Sciences , The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem , Israel.
authors.forename: Ram
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reifen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D003126:Colostrum / Q000737:chemistry*; D003652:Decanoic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D004537:Eicosanoic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3 / Q000378:metabolism; D043371:Fatty Acids, Omega-6 / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008423:Maternal Age; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D003652:Decanoic Acids; D004537:Eicosanoic Acids; D005227:Fatty Acids; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3; D043371:Fatty Acids, Omega-6; C094477:arachidic acid
keywords: Breast milk; colostrums; eicosanoids; fatty acid; omega 3; transition milk