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Abstract
Plasma amino acid concentrations were measured in peripheral venous blood of 40 newborn infants breast-fed ad libitum. When these data are compared with amino acid concentrations of umbilical cord artery plasma, only lysine and threonine show a striking decrease after birth: the concentrations of hydroxyproline, asparagine, glutamine, proline, cystine, leucine, tyrosine, and ornithine significantly increase during the first days of life. The high-protein concentration of colostrum and transitional milk may explain this observation.Entities:
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Year: 1978 PMID: 633024 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(78)80305-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pediatr ISSN: 0022-3476 Impact factor: 4.406