Lipid study of different types of maternal milk

: Fatty acid composition of different lipidic fractions was studied in 42 samples of human milk corresponding to: colostrum 10, mature milk 10, milk from mothers of preterm infants with adequate weight for gestational age 10, milk from mothers or low-birth-weight infants 6 and milk inducing prolonged jaundice 6. Findings have been compared with previous data of literature. Nutritional and physiologic implications are discussed.