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Identification of Galactaric Acid as an Intermediate Product of Breast Milk Digestion

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The product forming after oxidative acid digestion of the breast milk and the usage of ethyl ether or petroleum ether to remove the fat by solvent extraction has been identified as galactaric (mucic) acid, C6H10O8. This compound cannot be discarded, as its capability to form stable complexes with most important bioactive ions (Cu2+, Zn2+ Mg2+, and others) can lead to their vigorous sequestration from nitric acid solution before being measured by spectroscopic techniques.

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  1. Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

    Petr Melnikov, Aby Jayne da Cruz Montes Moura & Lourdes Zélia Zanoni

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Melnikov, P., da Cruz Montes Moura, A.J. & Zanoni, L.Z. Identification of Galactaric Acid as an Intermediate Product of Breast Milk Digestion. Food Anal. Methods 4, 139–140 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12161-010-9160-6

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