The relationship between dietary vitamin A intake and the levels of sialic acid in the breast milk of lactating women

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 347-351

  Qiao, Yang ^a,b   Feng, Jinlu ^c   Yang, Jianping ^b   Gu, Guixiong ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hospital of Maternal and Child Health   (China)

^c SHANXI TUMOR HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Diet; Nutrition; Sialic acid; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; IRON; MANGANESE; RETINOL; SELENIUM; SIALIC ACID; ZINC;

BEEF; BREAST MILK; CARROT; EGG; FEMALE; FISH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAIZE; MUTTON; NORMAL HUMAN; NOTE; PORK; QUESTIONNAIRE; SQUASH; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MILK, HUMAN; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS;

EID: 84884566968     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.59.347     Document Type: Note

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