Stool fatty acid soaps, stool consistency and gastrointestinal tolerance in term infants fed infant formulas containing high sn-2 palmitate with or without oligofructose: A double-blind, randomized clinical trial

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Nowacki, Joyce ^a   Lee, Hung Chang ^b   Lien, Reyin ^c   Cheng, Shao Wen ^d   Li, Sung Tse ^b,e   Yao, Manjiang ^a   Northington, Robert ^a   Jan, Ingrid ^f   Mutungi, Gisella ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Chang Gung Medical Foundation LinKou Branch   (Taiwan)

^d Taipei Taiwan   (Taiwan)

^e FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f Nestlé Taiwan Limited   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fatty acid soaps; Oligofructose; Palmitate soaps; sn 2 palmitate; Stool consistency; Term infant formula

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; LAURIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; SN 2 PALMITIC ACID; SOAP; STEARIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALCIUM INTAKE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PALMITIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PREBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIRTH ORDER; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; GASTROINTESTINAL TOLERANCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HARD FECES; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFECTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL TOLERANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN DISEASE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BREAST FEEDING; CALCIUM, DIETARY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATTY ACIDS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PALMITATES; PREBIOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84964314946     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-13-105     Document Type: Article

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