The quality of milk in a 65 year-old nigerian woman

• Published in: Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 5; no. 11; pp. 1209 - 1213
• Main Authors: Gindler, J., Nwankwo, M.U., Omene, J.A., Glew, R.H., Roberts, I.M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.11.1985; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: ALIMENTOS; ALLAITEMENT; Biological and medical sciences; COMPOSICION; COMPOSITION; ESTERASAS; ESTERASE; ESTERASES; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; GLICERIDOS; GLYCERIDE; GLYCERIDES; HUMAN MILK; LACTACION; LACTANCIA; LACTATION; LACTOSA; LACTOSE; LAIT HUMAIN; LECHE HUMANA; Milk Quality 65 Year-old Postmenopausal Woman; Mother. Fetoplacental unit. Mammary gland. Milk; NIGERIA; NUTRITIVE VALUE; Pregnancy. Parturition. Lactation; PRODUIT ALIMENTAIRE; VALEUR NUTRITIVE; VALOR NUTRITIVO; Vertebrates: reproduction; Milk Quality 65 Year-old Postmenopausal Woman; Human; Chemical composition; Age 60-69; Woman; Elderly; Milk
• ISSN: 0271-5317; 1879-0739
• DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(85)80063-4

Breast milk quality in a 65 year-old postmenopausal Nigerian woman is compared to a control group of well-nourished Nigerian mothers. Successful relactation ensued 19 years after her last confinement. Three grand-children have been nursed successively over a 4-year period of continuous lactation. The lactose and triglyceride concentration; and the Bile salt-stimulated lipase (BSSL) activity in her breast milk were not significantly different from the control group. However, the total protein content was only 40% of the control group.