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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Role of Fatty Acids in Milk Fat and the Influence of Selected Factors on Their Variability-A Review.

Oto Hanuš, Eva Samková, Ludmila Křížová, Lucie Hasoňová, Robert Kala

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers.

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81citing papers in PubMed
15.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

81 citing papers in PubMed, 225 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Oto HanušDairy Research Institute Ltd., 16000 Prague, Czech Republic. hanus.oto@seznam.cz.
Eva SamkováDepartment of Food Biotechnologies and Agricultural Products´ Quality, Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic. samkova@zf.jcu.cz.
Ludmila KřížováDepartment of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, 61242 Brno, Czech Republic. krizoval@vfu.cz.
Lucie HasoňováDepartment of Food Biotechnologies and Agricultural Products´ Quality, Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic. faktotum@centrum.cz.
Robert KalaDepartment of Food Biotechnologies and Agricultural Products´ Quality, Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic. KalaRobert@seznam.cz.
University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice · CZUniversity of Veterinary Sciences Brno · CZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fatty acids (FAs) of milk fat are considered to be important nutritional components of the diets of a significant portion of the human population and substantially affect human health. With regard to dairy farming, the FA profile is also seen as an important factor in the technological quality of raw milk. In this sense, making targeted modifications to the FA profile has the potential to significantly contribute to the production of dairy products with higher added value. Thus, FAs also have economic importance. Current developments in analytical methods and their increasing efficiency enable the study of FA profiles not only for scientific purposes but also in terms of practical technological applications. It is important to study the sources of variability of FAs in milk, which include population genetics, type of farming, and targeted animal nutrition. It is equally important to study the health and technological impacts of FAs. This review summarizes current knowledge in the field regarding sources of FA variability, including the impact of factors such as: animal nutrition, seasonal feed changes, type of animal farming (conventional and organic), genetic parameters (influence of breed), animal individuality, lactation, and milk yield. Potential practical applications (to improve food technology and consumer health) of FA profile information are also reviewed.

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Animal FeedAnimal Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaAnimalsFatty AcidsFemaleHumansLactationMilkFatty Acidsbreeddairy cowenergy statusfeedinggenetic polymorphismlactationmilk fatty acid profilenutritionorganic systemseason

Identifiers

PMID29973572
PMCPMC6100482
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