TY - JOUR A1 - Libuda, Lars A1 - Stimming, Madlen A1 - Mesch, Christina A1 - Warschburger, Petra A1 - Kalhoff, Hermann A1 - Koletzko, Berthold Viktor A1 - Kersting, Mathilde T1 - Frequencies and demographic determinants of breastfeeding and DHA supplementation in a nationwide sample of mothers in Germany JF - European journal of nutrition N2 - Data derived from a nationwide consumer survey of 986 mothers with children between 5 and 36 months of age in Germany. 78.3 % reported that they ever breastfed their children, and 55.6 % of the mothers exclusively breastfed for at least 4 months. Mothers who did not breastfeed were less likely to be informed by their paediatrician or midwife and were more often not informed at all; 27.8 % of mothers used DHA supplements during pregnancy, 16.8 % postnatal. DHA supplementation was more common in women with a high versus a low fish intake. The social status was the major determinant of breastfeeding initiation and exclusivity and also DHA supplementation. Breastfeeding initiation and duration of exclusive breastfeeding in Germany need to be improved. Professional counselling and support, with a focus on mothers from lower social classes, appears necessary to increase current rates of breastfeeding initiation, duration, and exclusiveness, but also to ensure a sufficient supply with DHA in pregnant and lactating women, particularly in women with low fish consumption. KW - Breastfeeding KW - Initiation KW - Exclusiveness KW - DHA supplements KW - Determinants Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-013-0633-4 SN - 1436-6207 SN - 1436-6215 VL - 53 IS - 6 SP - 1335 EP - 1344 PB - Springer CY - Heidelberg ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Libuda, Lars A1 - Mesch, Christina M. A1 - Stimming, Madlen A1 - Demmelmair, Hans A1 - Koletzko, Berthold A1 - Warschburger, Petra A1 - Blanke, Katharina A1 - Reischl, Eva A1 - Kalhoff, Hermann A1 - Kersting, Mathilde T1 - Fatty acid supply with complementary foods and LC-PUFA status in healthy infants: results of a randomised controlled trial JF - European journal of nutrition N2 - Purpose Introduction of complementary food usually leads to decreasing intakes of long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 LC-PUFA), compared to full breast-feeding. In the randomised controlled PINGU intervention trial, we tested the effects of complementary foods with different contents of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) on term infant LC-PUFA status. Methods Healthy infants born at term were randomised to receive from the introduction of complementary feeding at the age of 4 to 6 months until age of 10 months ready-made complementary meals either with ALA-rich rapeseed oil (intervention group (IG)-R), with salmon twice weekly to provide preformed DHA (IG-F), or with linoleic acid-rich corn oil (control group, CG). Fatty acid composition was assessed in erythrocyte (RBC) and plasma glycerophospholipids. Results Complete data of fatty acids in RBC (plasma) were available from 158 (155) infants. After intervention, infants assigned to IG-F showed higher RBC and plasma percentages of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), DHA, and total n-3 LC-PUFA than CG (each p < 0.001). In IG-R, levels of ALA and the ratio of ALA to LA in plasma and RBC (all p < 0.0001) as well as RBC-EPA (p < 0.0001) were higher than in CG, while DHA levels did not differ between IG-R and CG. Conclusions Regular fish consumption during complementary feeding enhances infant EPA and DHA status. The usage of rapeseed oil in small amounts concordant with EU-law for commercial meals enhances endogenic EPA-synthesis, but does not affect DHA status. Provision of oily fish with complementary feeds is advisable to prevent a decline of DHA status. Clinical Trial Registration www.clinicaltrials.gov, identifier: NCT01487889, title: Polyunsaturated fatty acids in child nutrition-a German multimodal optimisation study (PINGU). KW - DHA KW - Fish KW - Rapeseed oil KW - Complementary food KW - Complementary feeding KW - Alpha-linolenic acid KW - DHA status Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-015-0982-2 SN - 1436-6207 SN - 1436-6215 VL - 55 SP - 1633 EP - 1644 PB - Springer CY - Heidelberg ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hausmann, J. A1 - Kass, S. A1 - Klod, Sabrina A1 - Kleinpeter, Erich A1 - Kersting, Berthold T1 - Binucleating aza-sulfonate and aza-sulfinate macrocycles : Synthesis and coordination chemistry N2 - The preparation and ligating properties of S-oxygenated derivatives of a macrobinucleating hexaazadithiophenolate macrocycle H2L1 of the Robson type towards nickel(II) and zinc(II) ions are reported. Nickel complexes of the hexaazadiphenylsulfonate ligand (L-2)(2-)[(L-2)Ni-2(II)(mu-L)](+)(L = m-Cl-OBz(-) (3), Cl- (4) and OAc- (6)] are readily obtained in high yields by oxidation of the respective [(L-1)Ni-2(II)(mu-L)](+) parent complexes [L = m- Cl-OBz- (2), Cl- (1), OAc- (5)] with meta-chloroperoxybenzoic acid or hydrogen peroxide. Decomposition of the sulfonate complexes gives the free macrocycle H2L2 which, upon treatment with Zn(OAc)(2)(.)2H(2)O, produces the diamagnetic zinc complex [(L-2)Z(2)(II)(OAc)](+) (8). A dinuclear Cu-II complex of the hexaazadisulfinate derivative (L-3')(2-), [(L-3)CU2II](2+) (9), is formed rather unexpectedly by air oxidation of (L-1)(2-) in the presence of Cu-I. The crystal- structure determinations of the perchlorate or tetraphenylborate salts of 2, 3, and 4 show that the new ligands support the formation of binuclear complexes with bowl-shaped, calixarene-like binding cavities. NMR spectroscopic studies of 8 show that the complexes retain their solid-state structures in solution. A crystal-structure determination of 9 reveals two five-coordinate Cu-II ions bridged by the two sulfinate functions of (L-3)(2-) Y1 - 2004 SN - 1434-1948 ER -