Skip to main content
ARS Home » Plains Area » Grand Forks, North Dakota » Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center » Healthy Body Weight Research » Research » Publications at this Location » Publication #177728
Title: BORON AND MOLYBDENUM CONTENT IN INFANT FORMULAS

Author
item FRIEL, JAMES - UNIV OF MANITOBA
item Hunt, Curtiss

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/1/2005
Publication Date: 6/19/2005
Citation: Friel, J., Hunt, C. 2005. Boron and molybdenum content in infant formulas [abstract]. 12th International Symposium on Trace Elements in Man and Animals. p. 93.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: There is new evidence that the content of boron (B) (Hunt, 2004) and molybdenum (Mo) (Friel, 1999) in human milk (HM) may be regulated homeostatically. Presently, the B and Mo content of infant formulas (F) is not standardized by either statute or manufacturing practice. Our analysis of 5 representative F from Western Canada indicated Mo concentrations (ug/L, mean (range)) of 15 (4.3–21.5) in F vs 5 (2-23) in HM and B concentrations of 96 (21-176) in F vs 30 (20-60) in HM. B and Mo are natural constituents of protein such that their variable concentrations among F probably reflected differences in protein sources. Because our findings indicate higher concentrations of B and Mo in F than in HM, further research is needed to determine whether or not the forms of B and Mo in F and HM are of comparable bioavailability.