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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-9-4
pubmed:abstractText
We have assessed the growth, tolerance and the faecal flora composition in healthy infants on different feeding regimens. Four groups of infants were fed exclusively on mother's milk, a standard formula and two experimental formulae. The first experimental formula consisted of a milk with a reduced protein content (1.2 g/100 ml), the second in a formula with the same protein content and with milk proteins desialylated by mild acid hydrolysis. The aim of the study was to test whether lowering the protein content and/or modifying the proteins by desialylation would favour the development of a bifidus flora. A bifidus flora was detected in 60% of breastfed infants at 1 month of life. All formulae employed during the study failed to induce a prevalence of colonization with bifidobacteria at 1 month of age. The two experimental milk formulae were well tolerated, but the infant growth rate was slightly lower as compared to the breastfed infants and the infants fed the standard formula. The presence in milk formulae of pre-digested and desialylated proteins can offer some advantages in term of digestibility and mimic a physiological intestinal mechanism of the infant.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0803-5253
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
86
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
557-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Experimental milk formulae with reduced protein content and desialylated milk proteins: influence on the faecal flora and the growth of term newborn infants.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Paediatrics, University of Ferrara, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study