PMID: 2510608Oct 1, 1989Paper

Egg and breast milk based nitrogen sources compared

Archives of Disease in Childhood
J W PuntisI W Booth

Abstract

A nitrogen source based on egg protein (Vamin 9 glucose) and an alternative with an amino acid profile more similar to breast milk (Vaminolact), were compared in 14 parenterally fed infants. Subjects were randomly allocated to receive one or other amino acid solution, but were otherwise given identical diets. At the start of the study the two groups did not differ significantly in postconceptual age, postnatal age, or weight. Over a six day study period on a stable intake of intravenous nutrients there was no significant difference in growth or nitrogen retention between the two groups. Plasma amino acid profiles in those receiving Vamin 9 glucose, however, were frequently abnormal. Notably, mean concentrations of potentially neurotoxic phenylalanine and tyrosine were significantly higher (140% and 420%, respectively) in patients fed Vamin 9 compared with those given Vaminolact. An amino acid solution based on the composition of breast milk protein therefore brings plasma amino acid profiles during parenteral nutrition closer to those found in breast fed infants, and reduces in particular, the risks of hyperphenylalaninaemia and hypertyrosinaemia.

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Mar 1, 1990·Archives of Disease in Childhood·I Smith
Apr 1, 1991·Archives of Disease in Childhood·J W Puntis, I W Booth
Mar 7, 2006·Postgraduate Medical Journal·J W L Puntis
Mar 1, 1990·Archives of Disease in Childhood·S Chapman, A D Hockey
Jan 6, 2010·The Physician and Sportsmedicine·Richard B Kreider, Bill Campbell

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