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 *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html