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Longitudinal Study of the Selenium Content in Human Breast Milk in Belgium
Author(s) -
ROBBERECHT H.,
ROEKENS E.,
CAILLIEBERTRAND M. VAN,
DEELSTRA H.,
CLARA R.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1985.tb10960.x
Subject(s) - selenium , colostrum , medicine , breast milk , zoology , lactation , wet weight , physiology , pregnancy , biology , biochemistry , chemistry , immunology , genetics , organic chemistry , antibody
. The selenium content of expressed human milk obtained at different stages of lactation from 32 lactating mothers was measured by hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry after previous wet acid digestion. The highest selenium level was found in colostrum (14.8 ng/g; wet weight), subsequently the content declined and plateaued off after one month (9.4 ng/g; wet weight). The daily selenium intake for Belgian infants of 3 months of age was found to be 7.1 μg (girls) and 8.1 μg (boys), which is lower than the values obtained in most other countries and lower than the recommended safe and adequate daily intake of 10 to 40 μg/day for the same age group.