Component
Human-milk retinol concentration
Species, preparation, dose and limitations are retained on linked claims.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
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How nutrients reach it in more than one step
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What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
What acts on it
In a three-month cluster-randomized pilot, 20 g/day maternal Moringa leaf powder did not change human-milk vitamin A concentration or maternal and infant serum vitamin A status, although milk alpha-carotene rose modestly.
Experimental context and source evidence
- dose
- Corn porridge with or without 20 g/day leaf powder
- duration
- Three months
- evidence_access
- Primary PubMed abstract and indexed metadata reviewed. Full-text method details not stated here remain unresolved.
- evidence_scope
- literature_reviewed; model-specific source-derived curation
- experimental_model
- Forty-four completing Kenyan breastfeeding mother-infant pairs
- limitations
- The small pilot had baseline alpha-carotene imbalance and was not powered to establish clinical infant benefit.
- nutrient_topic
- Moringa oleifera chapter; interacting nutrients, drugs, peptides and proteins retain their experimental settings. · Moringa oleifera
- organism
- Forty-four completing Kenyan breastfeeding mother-infant pairs
- plain_language
- In a three-month cluster-randomized pilot, 20 g/day maternal Moringa leaf powder did not change human-milk vitamin A concentration or maternal and infant serum vitamin A status, although milk alpha-carotene rose modestly.
- primary_references
- Impact of Maternal Moringa oleifera Leaf Supplementation on Milk and Serum Vitamin A and Carotenoid Concentrations in a Cohort of Breastfeeding Kenyan Women and Their Infants. (2024). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39408390/ DOI: 10.3390/nu16193425
- route
- Maternal oral feeding
- tissue
- Milk retinol/carotenoids and serum retinol-binding protein
Moringa oleifera: mechanism of action and interactions (2026-09-20) · lines 255–264
Original AI-assisted source-specific curation with primary-study citations, model, exposure, route, duration, negative findings and limitations preserved. Not publisher full text. · supports · Forty-four completing Kenyan breastfeeding mother-infant pairs · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
## moringa-maternal-milk-retinol-null In a three-month cluster-randomized pilot, 20 g/day maternal Moringa leaf powder did not change human-milk vitamin A concentration or maternal and infant serum vitamin A status, although milk alpha-carotene rose modestly. Model/species: Forty-four completing Kenyan breastfeeding mother-infant pairs Tissue/system: Milk retinol/carotenoids and serum retinol-binding protein Exposure: Corn porridge with or without 20 g/day leaf powder Route: Maternal oral feeding Duration: Three months Limits: The small pilot had baseline alpha-carotene imbalance and was not powered to establish clinical infant benefit. Primary reference: Impact of Maternal Moringa oleifera Leaf Supplementation on Milk and Serum Vitamin A and Carotenoid Concentrations in a Cohort of Breastfeeding Kenyan Women and Their Infants. (2024). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39408390/ DOI: 10.3390/nu16193425 Access: Primary PubMed abstract and indexed metadata reviewed. Full-text method details not stated here remain unresolved.
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The events it takes part in
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Situations it appears in
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In the sources
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Open hypotheses
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