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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
Fatty acid composition of wild anthropoid primate milks
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Volume 149, No. 1, Year 2008
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Fatty acids in milk reflect the interplay between species-specific physiological mechanisms and maternal diet. Anthropoid primates (apes, Old and New World monkeys) vary in patterns of growth and development and dietary strategies. Milk fatty acid profiles also are predicted to vary widely. This study investigates milk fatty acid composition of five wild anthropoids (Alouatta palliata, Callithrix jacchus, Gorilla beringei beringei, Leontopithecus rosalia, Macaca sinica) to test the null hypothesis of a generalized anthropoid milk fatty acid composition. Milk from New and Old World monkeys had significantly more 8:0 and 10:0 than milk from apes. The leaf eating species G. b. beringei and A. paliatta had a significantly higher proportion of milk 18:3n-3, a fatty acid found primarily in plant lipids. Mean percent composition of 22:6n-3 was significantly different among monkeys and apes, but was similar to the lowest reported values for human milk. Mountain gorillas were unique among anthropoids in the high proportion of milk 20:4n-6. This seems to be unrelated to requirements of a larger brain and may instead reflect species-specific metabolic processes or an unknown source of this fatty acid in the mountain gorilla diet. © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Milligan, Lauren A.
United States, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
Rapoport, Stanley I.
United States, Bethesda
National Institute on Aging Nia
Cranfield, Michael R.
Rwanda, Ruhengeri
Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project
United States, Baltimore
Maryland Zoo
Dittus, Wolfgang
Sri Lanka, Kandy
National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Sri Lanka
United States, Washington, D.c.
National Zoological Park
Glander, Kenneth E.
United States, Durham
Duke University
Oftedal, Olav T.
United States, Washington, D.c.
National Zoological Park
Power, Michael L.
United States, Washington, D.c.
National Zoological Park
Whittier, Christopher A.
Rwanda, Ruhengeri
Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project
United States, Raleigh
Nc State University
Bazinet, Richard
United States, Bethesda
National Institute on Aging Nia
Canada, Toronto
University of Toronto
Statistics
Citations: 33
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 9
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.cbpb.2007.08.006
ISSN:
10964959
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Noncommunicable Diseases