Vitamins & Minerals

James K Friel

Publications

• Research Article
  Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid, Riboflavin and Vitamin C: Effect of Different Storage Conditions of Human Milk
  Author(s): Milana Abramovich, James K Friel and Zakir HossainMilana Abramovich, James K Friel and Zakir Hossain
  
  This study addresses a matter of importance for: healthy infants; sick infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units; infants fed expressed human milk and infants who receive milk from Human Milk Banks. Current storage parameters for freezing of mother’s milk are not well established and are often contradictory. Pooled fresh human milk was stored raw, in nitrogen gas and following Holder pasteurization for 6 days at 4oC and for 6 months at -20oC and at -80oC. Contents of linoleic (LA), α−linolenic (ALA), arachidonic (ARA) and docosahexaenoic (DHA) acids, riboflavin and total vitamin C were analyzed under these conditions and during these storage times as they are sensitive to oxidation. The results of this study confirm the general appropriateness of freezing human milk at either -20oC or at -80oC, for preservation of two vitamins and four fatty acids. These storage r.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-0390.1000110

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