Kaçar, SemraBaşhan, MehmetKeskin, Cumali2023-09-142023-09-142023Kaçar, S., Başhan, M., & Keskin, C. (2023). Fatty acid compositions of colostrum and mature breast milk in Turkey (Mardin). Acta Alimentaria, 52(2), 330-337.https://doi.org/10.1556/066.2023.00063https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85162193154&origin=SingleRecordEmailAlert&dgcid=raven_sc_affil_en_us_email&txGid=fed0d6954c944a59073cc9cede0d3a99https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:001023998300016https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12514/4252In this study, 25-25 milk samples (25 colostral and 25 mature) collected at different lactational stages were used to analyse the fatty acid composition of breast milk. A gas-chromatographic method was used to perform and analyse the transmethylation of total milk lipid extracts. The milk samples contained 20 different fatty acids. Palmitic acid (C16:0), stearic acid (C18:0), myristic acid (C14:0), oleic acid (C18:1n-9), and linoleic acid (LA, C18:2n-6) were the major components of total lipid, phospholipid (PL), and triacylglycerol (TAG) fractions. Colostrum had a lower percentage of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), a higher percentage of saturated fatty acids (SFAs), and a lower level of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, C20:5 n-3) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6 n-3) in total lipid than mature milk. Triacylglycerol and PL fractions between colostrum and mature milk samples did not differ statistically. © 2023 Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.en10.1556/066.2023.00063info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessbreast milk; chromatography; phospholipids; triacylglycerolsArticle522Q4N/AWOS:0010239983000162-s2.0-85162193154