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Effect of Sampling on Fatty Acid Composition of Human Colostrum¹

Paediatric Unit, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia 5042

Samples of colostrum were taken from 19 subjects before and after infant feeding, 3 and 5 days post partum. Milk samples were analyzed by argentation and gas chromatography for 30 fatty acids contained in the lipid fraction. Although small differences were observed between day 3 and day 5 samples, the fatty acid composition of the milk did not vary on either of the days between samples taken before and after nursing. It is concluded that a single sample taken any time during the feeding is representative of the entire nursing.

KEY WORDS: • breast milk • essential fatty acids • linoleic acid

¹ Supported in part by grants from the Channel 10 Children's Medical Research Foundation.

Manuscript received 15 January 1980.

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