High proportions of n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids in mature milk of mothers in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Milk from 101 mothers living in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) showed a mean lipid content of 33.42 g/l and a fatty acid composition strongly related to the mothers' dietary habits: high proportions of linoleic acid (19.80%), n-6 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (1.90%), and 8:0-14:0 saturate...

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Published inActa Paediatrica Vol. 90; no. 4; pp. 450 - 452
Main Authors ROCQUELIN, G, KIFFER, J, TAPSOBA, S, BOUDA, C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Blackwell 01.04.2001
Wiley
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Burkina Faso
Delivery. Postpartum. Lactation
Dietary Fats, Unsaturated - analysis
Fatty Acids, Omega-6
Fatty Acids, Unsaturated - analysis
Female
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Human health and pathology
Humans
Life Sciences
Maternal, fetal and perinatal monitoring
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Milk, Human - chemistry
Pediatrics
Tropical medicine
Burkina Faso
Africa
Human
n-6 fatty acid
Linolenic acid
Nutrition
Food habit
Polyunsaturated fatty acid
Developing countries
Lipids
Child
Breast milk
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Summary:Milk from 101 mothers living in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) showed a mean lipid content of 33.42 g/l and a fatty acid composition strongly related to the mothers' dietary habits: high proportions of linoleic acid (19.80%), n-6 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (1.90%), and 8:0-14:0 saturated fatty acids (26.94%). The proportions of alpha-linolenic acid (0.45%) and n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (0.44%) were low. The 18:2/18:3 and n-6/n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids ratios (53:1 and 5:1, respectively) were well above recommendations.
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ISSN:0803-5253
1651-2227
DOI:10.1080/080352501750126438