%0 Journal Article %T Perfil de triacilgliceroles y porcentaje de ¨¢cido palm¨ªtico en la posici¨®n sn-2 en sustitutos de leche materna %A Gonz¨¢lez %A Horacio F %A Vicentin %A Dimas %A Giumelli %A Osvaldo %A Vazzano %A Miguel %A Tavella %A Marcelo %J Archivos argentinos de pediatr£¿-a %D 2012 %I Sociedad Argentina de Pediatria %X the aim of this study was to analyze the percentage of palmitic acid at sn-2 position on triacylglycerols in infant formulas. we studied 6 infant formulas in the argentinean market that are used as breast-milk substitutes during the frst six months after delivery: 2 formulas with vegetable oils as basic source of lipids (f1, f2); 1 formula with milk fat and vegetable oils (f3); 1 formula with structured lipids and vegetable oils (f4); 2 formulas for pre-term infants, one with milk fat and other oils (f5), and the other with vegetable oils (f6). results showed that f1, f2, f3 and f4 presented 14.6%, 14.8%, 48.1% and 44.5%, respectively, of palmitic acid at sn-2 position, whereas formulas f5 and f6 had 49.5% and 14.6%, respectively, of palmitic acid at sn-2 position. milk-based infant formulas had the highest concentration of palmitic acid at sn-2 position. %K palmitic acid %K triacylglicerols %K sn-2 position %K milk formula %K infant. %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0325-00752012000300006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en