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Case Reports
. 2014 Feb 21:3:104.
doi: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-104. eCollection 2014.

Free amino acid content in breast milk of adolescent and adult mothers in Ecuador

Manuel E Baldeón  1 , Julie A Mennella  2 , Nancy Flores  3 , Marco Fornasini  1 , Ana San Gabriel  4
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Free amino acid content in breast milk of adolescent and adult mothers in Ecuador

Manuel E Baldeón et al. Springerplus. .

Abstract

Because of increased incidence of teenage births and high prevalence of lactation in Latin America, we determined the patterning of free amino acids (FAAs) in breast milk of 65 primiparous Ecuadorian women of varying ages (14-27 years). An automatic amino acid analyzer quantified levels of FAAs in milk samples obtained at three lactation stages: colostrum, transition, and mature milk. Regardless of mother's age, most FAAs increased with time postpartum, with taurine, glutamic acid, glutamine, and alanine being most abundant in all stages.

Keywords: Free amino acids; Glutamate; Glutamine; Human milk; Lactation.

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