Human breast milk (HBM) is essential for the infant's growth and development right after birth and is an irreplaceable source of nutrition for early human survival. Various infant formulas have many similarities to HBM in many components, but there is no perfect substitute for HBM. Recently, va...
Milk, HumanHumansFatty Acids, UnsaturatedGrowth SubstancesAntigens, BacterialAnti-Bacterial AgentsImmune ToleranceImmunity, ActiveImmunity, MucosalInfantBreast-feeding is generally accepted as the optimal method of feeding infants. However, we have yet to fully understand the complex mixture of bioactive ...
The immunological components remain stable when frozen at –20 and −80°C and during freeze-drying, allowing women to prolong breastfeeding without changing the carbohydrate, protein, and functional or physicochemical main profile. Our results improve the understanding of human breast milk quality ...
Human milk contains numerous components like antibodies, cytokines, hormones, enzymes, and major proteins like lactoferrin and α-lactalbumin with multiple activities (microbicidal, tumoricidal, anti-inflammatory). Waiting for its own immune system to take over its host defense, the infant needs help ...
Infant formulas are life-saving products, but fall short in delivering some of the benefits of breast milk. Most are based on cow’s milk, goat’s milk or soy proteins and lack many of the functional components that are unique to human breast milk. By combining the emerging understanding of...
This study sought to determine the chronobiological variations in soluble and cellular components of human breast milk. The material was collected from 36 mothers at three stages of maturity – 3 days (colostrum), 10 days (transitional milk) and 30 days (mature milk) postpartum – and at two...
Breast‐feeding is generally accepted as the optimal method of feeding infants. However, we have yet to fully understand the complex mixture of bioactive compounds contained in human milk. Epidemiological studies have indicated that breast‐feeding is associated with health benefits in the infant for ...
time, temperature, and composition of containers on biologic components of human milk.Effects of steel and glass storage containers, duration of storage up to seven hours, and storage temperature on the concentration of humoral and cellular factors in 357 samples of human breastmilk were examined. ...
Human milk contains solids, water, and a range of bioactive compounds. These bioactive compounds appear not only to compensate for developmental delays in the infant's gastrointestinal tract but also encourage the symbiotic colonization of enteric bacteria that inhibit the growth of bacterial and viral...
The Components of Breast Milk are Nutritionally Superior There is no way around it: breast milk, for human babies, is nutritionally superior to any man-made formula or milk from any other mammal. Breast milk has higher quality components than man-made formula. ...