Association between Total Antioxidant Capacity in Breast Milk and Postnatal Age in Days in Premature Infants
| Autor: | Shoichi Ezaki, Tomoo Ito, Masanori Tamura, Keiji Suzuki |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Nutrition and Dietetics business.industry Clinical Biochemistry Breastfeeding Medicine (miscellaneous) Physiology food and beverages chemical and pharmacologic phenomena Breast milk premature infant Postnatal age Antioxidant capacity stomatognathic diseases fluids and secretions Medicine breast milk Original Article total antioxidant capacity Negative correlation business skin and connective tissue diseases |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition |
| ISSN: | 0912-0009 |
| Popis: | This study aimed to consider the significance of breast milk in preventing oxidative stress by comparing total antioxidant capacity (TAC) in breast milk and formula milk for premature infants, demonstrating the relationship between TAC in breast milk and postnatal age in days. We used the biological anti-oxidant potential test, a new method to measure TAC in breast milk. Breast milk for premature infants were stored at -20 degrees C and thawed within 48 h of collection. We measured TAC in two types of formula milk in the same way. TAC was clearly higher in breast milk than formula milk. Although a negative correlation was observed between TAC in breast milk and age when collected, TAC was always higher than the average TAC in formula milk. TAC in breast milk is higher than TAC in formula milk. We suggest the importance of breast milk for preventing oxidative stress and starting breastfeeding early. |
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