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A protocol using a dry column method was modified for the extraction of total lipids and the simultaneous separation and quantitation of neutral and polar lipids in human milk. The triacylglycerol, cholesterol, phospholipid and vitamin E contents of the lipid extracts were determined and compared with lipids extracted using a modified Folch procedure. Good precision for the extraction of neutral, polar and total lipids, as well as the different lipid classes, was demonstrated. No significant differences were found between the two methods with respect to the amount of cholesterol, phospholipid, total lipid or vitamin E extracted, thus validating the method as an extraction technique. We discuss the relationship between vitamin E and the three major milk lipids as an indicator of the vitamin's place of origin in the mammary gland. Our findings do not support the idea that vitamin E in mature milk has its original location in the apical membrane.
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Scientific Contribution No. 1254, Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269.
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Collins, S.E., Jackson, M.B., Lammi-Keefe, C.J. et al. The simultaneous separation and quantitation of human milk lipids. Lipids 24, 746–749 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02535216
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