Document Type : Articles
Authors
Food Science Department, College of Agriculture ,Tikrit University, Iraq
Abstract
The study included a group of lactating women, their ages ranged betwee (20-30) from Salah Al-Din Governorate (city center) and its neighboring villages. The women were divided into two groups, group A, the volunteer lactating women before following the diet suggested by the researchers, and group B, the lactating women after following the suggested diet for an entire month. The results showed a high percentage of moisture, fat and ash in group (B) for breastfeeding women in the villages, which amounted to (87.44, 4.35, 1.02)%, respectively, while it decreased in group (A) of breastfeeding women in the city and was (87.20, 3.21, 0.23)% Respectively, while the protein had the highest percentage in women in the city for group (A) which amounted to 1.66%, the lowest protein percentage in lactating women in the village for group B which amounted to 1.20% and the percentage of lactose was similar for group A, B as it ranged between (7.73 - 7.77 ) %. When performing the analysis by HPLC, the carotenoids in the milk of lactating women for groups A and B showed a clear difference, as the percentage of lutein in group A ranged between (10.52-27.77) µg/L and in group B it ranged (23.30-23.93) µg/L, and the percentage of lutein in group A ranged from (10.52-27.77) µg/L Zeazanthine for group A was (11.22-21.75) µg/L, and for group B was (18.33-18.75) µg/L, and the percentage of alpha-carotene for group A was (8.05-18.45) µg/L, and for group B was (14.14-14.71). µg/L, and the ratio of beta-carotene for group A and B ranged (28.12-28.93) µg/L, and the percentage of lycopene in group A ranged between (15.14-30.74) µg/L, while its percentage in group B was (15.24-15.66) µg/L
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