AJCN EB Program 2010
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Purchase Article
Right arrow View Shopping Cart
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Casey, C. E.
Right arrow Articles by Hambidge, K. M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Casey, C. E.
Right arrow Articles by Hambidge, K. M.
Agricola
Right arrow Articles by Casey, C. E.
Right arrow Articles by Hambidge, K. M.

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 49, 773-785, Copyright © 1989 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

ORIGINAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Studies in human lactation: secretion of zinc, copper, and manganese in human milk

CE Casey, MC Neville and KM Hambidge
Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver.

Zinc, copper, and manganese were measured in milk samples collected longitudinally from 13 highly selected, healthy lactating women. Samples were obtained at least weekly up to 1 mo and then monthly up to 18 mo postpartum or to weaning. Zn concentrations in milk declined throughout lactation from 71.9 +/- 18.3 mumol/L (means +/- SD) at 7 d to 44.3 +/- 10.7 mumol/L at 1 mo and 7.64 +/- 4.59 mumol/L at 12 mo. Cu levels also declined from 9.76 +/- 2.05 mumol/L at 7 d to 3.46 +/- 0.79 mumol/L at 5 mo with little change thereafter. Zn and Cu were not affected by weaning. Mn concentrations declined from 67.4 +/- 23.7 nmol/L at 1 mo to approximately 36 nmol/L by 3 mo and then remained constant to 7 mo when mean levels started to rise. Gradual weaning was associated with large and irregular changes in Mn levels. Total daily outputs in milk averaged 26.0 mumol Zn, 3.9 mumol Cu, and 35 nmol Mn over the first 3 mo postpartum and 13.8 mumol Zn, 2.7 mumol Cu, and 29 nmol Mn over the second 3 mo.


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 J Trop PediatrHome page
S. S. B. S. Mastroeni, I. A. Okada, P. H. C. Rondo, M. C. Duran, A. A. Paiva, and J. M. Neto
Concentrations of Fe, K, Na, Ca, P, Zn and Mg in Maternal Colostrum and Mature Milk
J Trop Pediatr, August 1, 2006; 52(4): 272 - 275.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 EDUCATION AND PRACTICEHome page
N. D Embleton
Galvanised by a rash diagnosis
Arch. Dis. Child. Ed. Pract., October 1, 2004; 89(2): ep40 - ep45.
[Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Am. J. Clin. Nutr.Home page
L. Sian, N. F Krebs, J. E Westcott, L. Fengliang, L. Tong, L. V Miller, B. Sonko, and M. Hambidge
Zinc homeostasis during lactation in a population with a low zinc intake
Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, January 1, 2002; 75(1): 99 - 103.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1989 by The American Society for Nutrition