Fatty acid composition in breast milk and serum phospholipids of healthy term Chinese infants during first 6 weeks of life

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1640-1645

  Peng, Y M ^a   Zhang, T Y ^a   Wang, Q ^b   Zetterstrom R ^c   Strandvik, B ^d  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Women and Children Health Care Centre of Changzhou   (China)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Docosahexaenoic acid; Linoleic acid; Linolenic acids; Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LIPID COMPOSITION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHINA; DIET; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MILK, HUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35348952565     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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