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Aflatoxin is detected in the milk of breastfeeding women.
2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aflatoxin is detected in the milk of breastfeeding women
"A study was undertaken to determine whether breast-milk of mothers from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) contained aflatoxins. One hundred and forty lactating mothers, 55 who had delivered premature infants (
"Aflatoxin M-1 concentration in the breast-milk samples was measured by HPLC. Samples were collected between January 1999 and December 2000. Approximately 66% of the mothers were expatriates and 34% were UAE nationals. Babies' weight, postnatal age, sex, birthweight and gestational age, and mothers' nationality, age and parity were recorded," stated Y.M. Abdulrazzaq and colleagues, UAE University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
"Overall, 92% of the breast-milk samples contained aflatoxin M-1. Both univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis failed to show significant correlation between aflatoxin M-1 and gestational age, postnatal age, gender, nationality and clinical condition. Levels of lactose, protein and lipids did not correlate significantly with levels of aflatoxin M-1," researchers said.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Aflatoxin is detected in the milk of breastfeeding women.