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The effect of maternal diets on the mean melting points of human milk fatty acids

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Abbreviations

FA:

fatty acids

MP:

melting point

MMP:

mean melting point

TAG:

triacylglycerol

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  1. Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, 186 Chaffeeville Rd., 06268-2637, Storrs, Connecticut

    Robert G. Jensen

  2. Center for Molecular Genetics, University of California, San Diego, 92093, La Jolla, California

    Stuart Patton

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Jensen, R.G., Patton, S. The effect of maternal diets on the mean melting points of human milk fatty acids. Lipids 35, 1159–1161 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11745-000-0632-9

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