Redox properties of transitional milk from mothers of preterm infants

Aug 10, 2017Journal of paediatrics and child health

Antioxidant and Oxidation Features of Early Milk from Mothers of Preterm Babies

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Abstract

Transitional milk from mothers of preterm infants shows slow individual variations in antioxidative defence composition.

  • Vitamin C is identified as the main low-molecular-weight antioxidant in transitional milk, primarily found in the whey fraction.
  • Oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) is higher in whole transitional milk compared to skim milk and whey.
  • Static oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) is lower in whole transitional milk than in skim milk and whey.
  • Antioxidative enzyme activities are consistent across different samples of transitional milk from mothers of preterm infants.

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