Free amino acids in full-term and pre-term human milk and infant formula

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 496-500

  Chuang, Chih Kuang ^a   Lin, Shuan Pei ^a   Lee, Hung Chang ^a,b   Wang, Tuen Jen ^a   Shih, Yu Shu ^a   Huang, Fu Yuan ^a,c   Yeung, Chun Yan ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Free amino acids; Human Milk; Infant formula

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST MILK; COLOSTRUM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LACTATION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; COLOSTRUM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

EID: 16844386592     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MPG.0000150407.30058.47     Document Type: Article

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