Lactational Changes of Phospholipids Content and Composition in Chinese Breast Milk

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 14; no. 8; p. 1539
• Main Authors: Yang, Meng-Tao, Lan, Qiu-Ye, Liang, Xue, Mao, Ying-Yi, Cai, Xiao-Kun, Tian, Fang, Liu, Zhao-Yan, Li, Xiang, Zhao, Yan-Rong, Zhu, Hui-Lian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 07.04.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Animals; Apgar score; Breastfeeding & lactation; Female; Humans; Infant; Investigations; Lactation; Lipids; Milk; Milk - chemistry; Milk, Human - chemistry; Mothers; Newborn babies; Nutrition; Oils & fats; Phosphatidylcholines; Phosphatidylinositols; Phosphatidylserines - analysis; Phospholipids - chemistry; Physiology; Pregnancy; Solvents; Sphingomyelins - analysis; Statistical analysis; Womens health; St Louis Missouri; United States > US; China; HPLC-ELSD; phospholipids; MUAI; Chinese breast milk; lactational stages

Phospholipids are pivotal polar lipids in human milk and essential for infants’ growth and development, especially in the brain and cognitive development. Its content and composition are affected by multiple factors and there exist discrepancies in different studies. In this study, we determined fiv...