Human Milk Plasmalogens Are Highly Enriched in Long-Chain PUFAs.

Sara MoukarzelRoger A DyerBernd O KellerRajavel ElangoSheila M Innis

Published in: The Journal of nutrition (2016)

Human milk provides the infant with LC-PUFAs from multiple lipid pools, including a source from Pls-PEs. The biological determinants of Pls-PE FAs and physiological relevance to the breastfed infant remain to be elucidated.

Keyphrases

human milk
low birth weight
preterm infants
preterm birth
simultaneous determination
fatty acid
high resolution
high resolution mass spectrometry