Background: Choline plays an important role in brain development. Choline-deficient diet (CDD) is known to produce (among other effects) a decrease in acetylcholine in rat brains...
Keywords: acetylcholinesterase, antioxidant status, choline deficiency, gestation, lactation, Mg2+-ATPase, Na+,K+-ATPase, rat brain
05/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
We compared growth of infants whose mothers either did or did not receive docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplements during pregnancy and lactation...
Keywords: BMI infant, docosahexaenoic acid, lactation, nutritional supplements, pregnancy
05/2007 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Objective: To study the transfer of parenteral iron sucrose into maternal milk in the postpartum period.
Study design: Ten healthy lactating mothers with functional iron deficiency 2–3 days after delivery received 100 mg intravenous iron sucrose and were observed together with a control group (n=5) without iron treatment during four days...
Keywords: Iron content, iron sucrose, lactation, milk, mother, postpartum
04/2007 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Background: The main objectives of our study were to determine whether resistin was present in human breast milk and to assess resistin status in breast milk and serum in breastfeeding women for up to 180 days post-partum.
Methods: Blood and breast milk samples were collected from 160 breastfeeding women enrolled on 1–3, 4–14, 15–30, 31–90 or 91–180 post-partum days...
Keywords: breast milk resistin, lactation, serum cortisol, serum insulin, serum resistin, serum thyroxine
01/2008 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter