Human milk arachidonic acid and docosahexaenoic acid contents increase following supplementation during pregnancy and lactation

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-69

  van Goor, Saskia A ^a   Dijck Brouwer, D A Janneke ^a   Hadders Algra, Mijna ^a   Doornbos, Bennard ^a   Erwich, Jan Jaap H M ^a   Schaafsma, Anne ^b   Muskiet, Frits A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b FRIESLANDCAMPINA   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Docosahexaenoic acid; Human milk; Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; Pregnancy; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LACTATION; MILK; MILK LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN INTAKE; PUERPERIUM;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BREAST FEEDING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MILK, HUMAN; PLACEBOS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 59649120821     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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