ReviewLipids2001
Polyunsaturated fatty acid supply with human milk.
Review in Lipids, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.
- Probiotics and dietary counselling targeting maternal dietary fat intake modifies breast milk fatty acids and cytokines.European journal of nutrition · 2012Trial
- Mare Milk and Foal Plasma Fatty Acid Composition in Foals Born to Mares Fed Either Flax or Fish Oil During Late Gestation.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Patterns of perinatal polyunsaturated fatty acid status and associated dietary or candidate-genetic factors.Journal of lipid research · 2024Article
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- Predictors of Human Milk Fatty Acids and Associations with Infant Growth in a Norwegian Birth Cohort.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Balancing the health effect between risks of methylmercury and benefits of nutrients in consumption of Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) in China.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Article
- Microglial and peripheral immune priming is partially sexually dimorphic in adolescent mouse offspring exposed to maternal high-fat diet.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2020Article
- Maternal Diet and Nutrient Requirements in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding. An Italian Consensus Document.Nutrients · 2016Review
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- Fatty acid composition in the mature milk of Bolivian forager-horticulturalists: controlled comparisons with a US sample.Maternal & child nutrition · 2012Article
- Plasma levels of trans-fatty acids are low in exclusively breastfed infants of adolescent mothers.Lipids · 2011Article
- Genetic variation in polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism and its potential relevance for human development and health.Maternal & child nutrition · 2011Review
- Genetic variants of the FADS gene cluster and ELOVL gene family, colostrums LC-PUFA levels, breastfeeding, and child cognition.PloS one · 2011Article
- Moderation of breastfeeding effects on the IQ by genetic variation in fatty acid metabolism.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2007Article
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Abstract
Polyunsaturated fatty acids in human milk may derive from diet, liberation from maternal body stores, or endogenous synthesis from precursor fatty acids. The contribution of each of these sources has not been studied in detail. Although maternal diet is a key factor affecting human milk composition, other factors such as gestational age, stage of lactation, nutritional status, and genetic background are known to influence the fat content and fatty acid composition in human milk. Both linoleic and alpha-linolenic acids, the essential fatty acids, are present in human milk, as are several other n-6 and n-3 longer chain polyunsaturated fatty acids that are required for optimal growth and development of infants. The fatty acid profile of human milk from lactating women of different countries is remarkably stable, but there is variability in some of the components, such as docosahexaenoic acid, which is mainly due to differences in dietary habits. Tracer techniques with stable isotopes have been valuable in assessing the kinetics of fatty acid metabolism during lactation and in determining the origin of fatty acids in human milk. Based on these studies, the major part of polyunsaturated fatty acids in human milk seems not to be provided directly from the diet but from maternal tissue stores.
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