Folate determination in human milk

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-

  Tamura, Tsunenobu ^a   Picciano, Mary Frances ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; DIHYDROFOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; FORMATE TETRAHYDROFOLATE LIGASE; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; REDUCING AGENT; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; VITAMIN;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST MILK; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LETTER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NUTRIENT CONTENT; OXIDATION; PH; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MILK, HUMAN;

EID: 33744954885     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.52.161     Document Type: Letter

References (12)

1. Sakurai T, Furukawa M, Asoh M, Kanno T, Kojima T, Yonekubo A. 2005. Fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamin contents of breast milk from Japanese women. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol 51: 239-247.
2. Allfrey V, Teply LJ, Geffen C, King CG. 1949. A fluorometric method for the determination of pteroylglutamic acid. J Biol Chem 178: 465-481.
3. Keagy PM. 1985. Folacin. Microbiological and animal assays. In: Methods of Vitamin Assay, 4th ed. (Augustin J, Klein BP, Becker D, Venugopal PB, eds), p 445-471. John Wiley, New York.
4. The Association of Vitamin Chemists. 1966. Methods of Vitamin Assay. 3rd ed. p 223-243. Interscience Publishers, New York.
5. Tamura T. 1990. Microbiological assay of folates. in: Folic Acid Metabolism in Health and Disease (Picciano MF, Stokstad ELR, Gregory JF III, eds), p 121-137. Wiley-Liss, New York.
6. Maruyama T, Shiota T, Krumdieck CL. 1978. The oxidative cleavage of folates. A critical study. Anal Biochem 84: 277-295.
7. Tamura T, Yoshimura Y, Arakawa T. 1980. Human milk folate and folate status in lactating mothers and infants. Am J Clin Nutr 33: 193-197.
8. Brown CM, Smith AM, Picciano MF. 1986. Forms of human milk folacin and variation patterns. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 5: 278-282.
9. O'Connor DL, Tamura T, Picciano MF. 1991. Pteroyl-polyglutamates in human milk. Am J Clin Nutr 53: 930-934.
10. Lim H-S, Mackey AD, Tamura T, Wong SC, Picciano MF. 1998. Measurable human milk folate is increased by treatment with α-amylase and protease in addition to folate conjugase. Food Chem 63: 401-407.
11. Hyun TH, Tamura T. 2005. Trienzyme extraction in combination with microbiological assay in food folate analysis: an updated review. Exp Biol Med 230: 444-454.
12. Picciano MF. 2001. Nutrient composition of human milk. Pediatr Clin North Am 48: 52-67.