{"title":"Plasmalogens in bovine raw milk, human milk and bovine MFGM isolates","authors":"Lin Ma, Bertram Y. Fong, Alastair K.H. MacGibbon","doi":"10.1016/j.idairyj.2025.106499","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The reported decline of plasmalogens over the aging process has been implicated as a contributing factor in some neurogenerative diseases and cognitive decline, e.g., Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Dietary marine plasmalogen supplementation has been shown to improve cognition (memory). This study showed that bovine milk (BM) is also a potential source of dietary plasmalogens, containing ethanolamine plasmalogen (EtPlas) levels ranging from 4.3 to 7.1 μg mL<sup>-1</sup>. These plasmalogens are enriched in human milk (HM) and milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) isolates. The average EtPlas levels in HM samples were 16.8 ± 7.5 μg mL<sup>-1</sup> and the most abundant EtPlas molecular species was C16:1/C20:4 (11.5 %); in bovine raw milk and MFGM isolates it was C16:1/C18:1 (19.0–25.9 %). EtPlas contributed to 20.7 % of total phosphatidylethanolamine in HM compared with 4 %–5 % for BM and MFGM isolates.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13854,"journal":{"name":"International Dairy Journal","volume":"174 ","pages":"Article 106499"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1000,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Dairy Journal","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0958694625003188","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/11/29 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The reported decline of plasmalogens over the aging process has been implicated as a contributing factor in some neurogenerative diseases and cognitive decline, e.g., Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Dietary marine plasmalogen supplementation has been shown to improve cognition (memory). This study showed that bovine milk (BM) is also a potential source of dietary plasmalogens, containing ethanolamine plasmalogen (EtPlas) levels ranging from 4.3 to 7.1 μg mL-1. These plasmalogens are enriched in human milk (HM) and milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) isolates. The average EtPlas levels in HM samples were 16.8 ± 7.5 μg mL-1 and the most abundant EtPlas molecular species was C16:1/C20:4 (11.5 %); in bovine raw milk and MFGM isolates it was C16:1/C18:1 (19.0–25.9 %). EtPlas contributed to 20.7 % of total phosphatidylethanolamine in HM compared with 4 %–5 % for BM and MFGM isolates.
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The International Dairy Journal publishes significant advancements in dairy science and technology in the form of research articles and critical reviews that are of relevance to the broader international dairy community. Within this scope, research on the science and technology of milk and dairy products and the nutritional and health aspects of dairy foods are included; the journal pays particular attention to applied research and its interface with the dairy industry.
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