Total antioxidant activity and trace elements in human milk: The first 4 months of breast-feeding

European Food Research and Technology

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-208

  Matos, Carla ^a   Moutinho, Carla ^a,b   Balcão, Victor ^a,b   Almeida, Cristina ^a   Ribeiro, Marta ^c   Marques, Agostinho Franklim ^d   Guerra, António ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Human milk; Micronutrients; Oxidative stress; Total antioxidant status; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES; BREAST MILK; CONCENTRATION OF; HUMAN MILK; MILK SAMPLE; TOTAL ANTIOXIDANT STATUS; TRACE METAL; TRACE METAL CONCENTRATION;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; FEEDING; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRACE ANALYSIS; ZINC;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 76149143383     PISSN: 14382377     EISSN: 14382385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00217-009-1157-2     Document Type: Article

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