Riboflavin content of breast milk in lactating Nigerian women: Its implications for child welfare in developing countries
1985
Onuorah, J.U. | Ajayi, O.A.
Extract: Riboflavin content of breast milk was determined in 100 lactating Nigerian women attending the clinic 6 weeks post partum. The women, from different groups, were fully breast feeding at the time of the study and consisted of primi and multigravidae. Urine and milk samples were obtained at the clinic and analysed for riboflavin. Parity had no effect on breast milk riboflavin, the mean riboflavin content was 0.34 with 27% of the mothers secreting above 0.4mg riboflavin/1. There was no association between urinary riboflavin excretion and milk riboflavin. A greater number of infants, if exclusively breast fed without vitamin supplementation, may not meet their daily need for riboflavin. Storage of breast milk samples in the refrigerator for as long as two weeks had no effect on the component riboflavin. This may be an advantage where breast milk banks are operated. (author)
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