Infrared analyzers for the measurement of breastmilk macronutrient content in the clinical setting.

Infrared analyzers for the measurement of breastmilk macronutrient content in the clinical setting. Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 2020 Sep 02;: Authors: Borràs-Novell C, Herranz Barbero A, Aldecoa-Bilbao V, Feixas Orellana G, Balcells Esponera C, Sánchez Ortiz E, García-Algar O, Iglesias Platas I Abstract INTRODUCTION: There is growing interest in the possibility of measuring the macronutrient content of human milk. Several studies that intend to validate commercially available human milk analyzers have been published with inconsistent results. This review will focus on currently available, verified methodologies for analyzing macronutrients in human milk. AREAS COVERED: A literature search was conducted in the PubMed database. Five milk analyzers were chosen to be included in this review: MIRIS (Uppsala, Sweden) (7 articles found), Calais (Cleveland, United States) (4 articles), SpectraStar (Brookfield, United States) (4 articles), MilkoScan (Hillerdo, Denmark) (2 articles) and Delta LactoScope (Stockholm, Sweden) (1 article). The following information was extracted from published manuscripts: measuring device, sample preparation, purpose of the study, type of macronutrients studied, results and conclusions. EXPERT OPINION: Infrared spectroscopy can be an accurate and reliable technology for assessing the macronutrient content of human milk, specifically crude protein and total fat. However, an optimal handling of samples...
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