title: Physicochemical and biochemical parameters in milk of Serbian breastfeeding women.
abstract: This study was undertaken to determine the changes and relationships between some important milk constituents as well as physical, rheological, and biochemical parameters of milk obtained from Serbian breastfeeding mothers.
  
  
  
  Physicochemical and biochemical parameters and the concentrations of vitamins, uric acid, and minerals were determined during the three periods of lactation covering colostrum, transitional, and mature milk collected from 67 mothers who had a term-pregnancy.
  
  
  
  Large interindividual variations regarding many parameters were found between mothers at the same period of lactation, but the average values were mostly in the expected and recommended ranges. For some parameters, our values are quite different in relation to the milk of women from other countries or data reported by other authors.
  
  
  
  Differences in vitamin and mineral contents and physicochemical and rheological characteristics of milk obtained by Serbian breastfeeding mothers compared to that of mothers from other parts of the world have been found. This paper presents the measured data of some physical parameters of human milk about which there is little information in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.
authors.forename: Slavica
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sunarić
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Denić
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.
authors.forename: Jelena
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lalić
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.
authors.forename: Tatjana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jovanović
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spasić
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.
authors.forename: Jelena
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Živković
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.
authors.forename: Nataša
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Trutić
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.
authors.forename: Gordana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kocić
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000208:ethnology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019565:Metals, Light / Q000032:analysis; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology*; D055771:Serbia / Q000208:ethnology; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000032:analysis; D014815:Vitamins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D019565:Metals, Light; D014815:Vitamins; D014527:Uric Acid; D002118:Calcium