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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 2000 46(3):160-162; doi:10.1093/tropej/46.3.160
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Concentration of eight trace minerals in milk and sera of mother-infant pairs in Northern Nigeria

SN OkoloA,Z, C OnwuanakuB, M OkonjiB, DJ VanderJagtC, M MillsonD, C ChurchwellC and RH GlewC

A Department of Paediatrics and B Federal School of Medical Laboratory Science, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria C Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA D National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH, USA Z Corresponding author address: PO Box 10349, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria E-mail: Okolom@unijos.edu.ng

Breastmilk from 15 health lactating women (21-31 years of age) from the hot, semi-arid sahel of Africa were analysed for copper, iron, zinc, magnesium, manganese, sodium, potassium, and phosphorus. Relative to published data from other populations worldwide, the milk of the Jos women appeared to contain adequate levels of magnesium, manganese, sodium, potassium, phosphorus and iron, but relatively low concentrations of zinc (1.07 µg/ml) and copper (170 µg/l). The sera of the exclusively breastfed infants nursed by these mothers contained levels of all these minerals that are within the international reference range of values. No statistically significant correlation was observed between the level of a particular mineral in the mothers' milk and the sera of their nursing infants.


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