On 25 Mar 2002 at 10:19, Jalana wrote:

> I am in search of the actual "number" of identified components in
> breastmilk?
>
> I have searched the lactnet archives and every other source I have.
>
> I last thought it was at over 200 (??) identified components, Jack
> your book say's "dozens".. Does anyone have knowledge of the current
> "count" as well as a resource to back that number up?

You could take a look at Annelies Bons page on this subject. The page is in Dutch, but
all the ingredients are in English.

http://www.borstvoeding.com/anderen/samenstelling.html

I'll translate the Dutch bits:
De samenstelling van moedermelk=
the composition of breastmilk
The bold line 'Een wetenschappelijk... ... gratis).=
A sciedntific article on the composition of breastmilk can be found on MedScape (you
need to register, but there are no costs).

(Deze lijst is niet compleet). Bron "...=
(This list is not full). Source "...

Further down:
Een andere kleine lijst, maar dan met hoeveelheden: Bron: "Understanding....
An other, short list, but with amounts stated: Source: "Understanding....

Further down, bold:
Samenstelling kunstmatige zuigelingenvoeding=
Composition of formula
--
Heleen Hayes
www.xs4all.nl/~hhayes

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