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High proportions of n‐6 polyunsaturated fatty acids in mature milk of mothers in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Author(s) -
Rocquelin G,
Kiffer J,
Tapsoba S,
Bouda C
Publication year - 2001
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.1651-2227.2001.tb00449.x
Subject(s) - polyunsaturated fatty acid , long chain , linoleic acid , food science , fatty acid , medicine , composition (language) , linolenic acid , biology , biochemistry , chemistry , linguistics , philosophy , polymer science
Milk from 101 mothers living in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) showed a mean lipid content of 33.42 g/l and a fatty acid composition strongly related to the mothers' dietary habits: high proportions of linoleic acid (19.80%), n‐6 long‐chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (1.90%), and 8:0– 14:0 saturated fatty acids (26.94%). Conclusion: The proportions of α‐linolenic acid (0.45%) and n‐3 long‐chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (0.44%) were low. The 18:2 /18:3 and n‐6/n‐3 long‐chain polyunsaturated fatty acids ratios (53:1 and 5:1, respectively) were well above recommendations.