Adipose tissue in foetuses, infants, children and adolescents in Curacao (Netherlands Antilles), its fatty acid content and composition: the fatty acid disappearance rate in childhood - abstract
West Indian med. j
; 40(suppl.1): 55, Apr. 1991.
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ABSTRACT
There are uncertainties about the fatty acid (FA) disappearance rate in adipose tissue of infants. We therefore studied the adipose tissue FA content and composition in the foetal period in relation to samples obtained in infancy, childhood and adolescence. Adipose tissue samples were obtained in Curacao from Black foetuses and newborns (n = 42, gestation ages 22-43 weeks), and from infants, children and adolescents (n = 62, ages 0-19 years). FA was analysed by capillary gas chromatography. It was assumed that feeds of human milk or formula in the first ñ6 months accomplished 'pulse labelling' of newborn adipose tissue FA with medium chain saturated fatty acid (MC-SAFA), and that feeding of a "mixed" diet after 6 months of age constituted a 'wash-out' or 'chase' of the marker FAs. FA half-life was calculated from the disappearance rate of MC-SAFAs (AU)
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MedCarib
Main subject:
Adipose Tissue
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Fatty Acids
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Humans
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Infant
Country/Region as subject:
Antillas holandesas
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Caribe ingles
Language:
En
Journal:
West Indian med. j
Year:
1991
Document type:
Article
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Congress and conference