Association between maternal vitamin E status and alpha‐tocopherol levels in the newborn and colostrum

Autor: da Silva Ribeiro, Karla Danielly, Lima, Mayara Santa Rosa, Medeiros, Jeane Franco Pires, de Sousa Rebouças, Amanda, Dantas, Raquel Costa Silva, Bezerra, Danielle Soares, Osório, Mônica Maria, Dimenstein, Roberto
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Matern Child Nutr
Popis: Vitamin E is important because of its antioxidant activity in situations of oxidative stress, especially postnatally. Hence, the objective was to verify whether maternal alpha‐tocopherol level is associated with the alpha‐tocopherol levels of the newborn and colostrum. This is a cross‐sectional study of 58 women and their term newborns from a public hospital. Blood and colostrum were collected to measure alpha‐tocopherol levels by high‐performance liquid chromatography. Mothers with serum alpha‐tocopherol levels
Databáze: OpenAIRE