PEDIATRICS Vol. 7 No. 3 March 1951, pp. 386-393
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VITAMIN E BLOOD LEVELS IN PREMATURE AND FULL TERM INFANTS

STANLEY W. WRIGHT M.D.1, LLOYD J. FILER JR. PH.D.1, and KARL E. MASON PH.D.1

1 The Departments of Pediatrics and Anatomy, The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, N.Y.

Newborn infants showed serum tocopherol levels approximately one-fifth those of the maternal levels.

During the first six days after birth, the serum tocopherols of breast-fed infants increased much more rapidly than those of bottle-fed infants. These differences were still evident at 1 to 4, and at 5 to 8, months of age.

Premature infants fed an artificial formula low in vitamin E showed a rapid decline in serum tocopherol levels.

These studies confirm and amplify other evidence that placental transfer of vitamin E is decidedly limited while mammary transfer is much more extensive.

Submitted on July 1, 1950




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