Amino acid profiles in term and preterm human milk through lactation: A systematic review

Nutrients

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4800-4821

  Zhang, Zhiying ^a   Adelman, Alicia S ^b   Rai, Deshanie ^b,d   Boettcher, Julia ^b   Lonnerdal, Bo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Mead Johnson Nutritionals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Infant nutrition; Non protein nitrogen; Protein

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; VALINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIA; BREAST MILK; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN QUALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AMINO ACIDS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LACTATION; MILK PROTEINS; MILK, HUMAN;

EID: 84888356673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu5124800     Document Type: Review

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