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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 54, 1017-1023, Copyright © 1991 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

ORIGINAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Postprandial changes in the content and composition of nonprotein nitrogen in human milk

SM Donovan, RR Ereman, KG Dewey and B Lonnerdal
Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis.

The effect of a meal on human milk (HM) total nitrogen (TN) and nonprotein nitrogen (NPN) content and composition was examined. Two studies were performed in which milk and blood samples were collected 2- 3 h after subjects consumed either a test breakfast or lunch. To monitor the rate of transfer of plasma urea into milk, two women were given [15N]2-urea with the meal. Milk TN concentrations were not significantly different from premeal values. However, concentrations of milk NPN, urea nitrogen, and alanine were increased by greater than or equal to 20% over premeal values. [15N]2-Urea appeared in plasma and milk within 15 min and reached maximum enrichments of 10% and 5.5% in plasma and milk, respectively. Several HM NPN components increase in concentration postprandially; however, these concentrations were not always correlated with changes in plasma concentrations, suggesting that milk NPN may also reflect metabolic activities within the mammary gland.




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