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Table 1
Key points linking medium chain fatty acids, ketones and normal infant brain development.
| Ketones supply > 30% of late brain and about 50% | (Adam et al., 1975) |
| of neonatal brain energy needs | (Bougneres et al., 1986) |
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| Medium chain fatty acids are present at 10–15% of maternal | (Sarda et al., 1987) |
| milk fatty acids and 8–10% of neonatal body fat | |
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Ketones supply  90%
of the carbon to make |
(Cunnane et al., 2003) |
| brain cholesterol, saturated fats | |
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| Octanoic acid is rapidly taken up and metabolized by the brain | (Kuge et al., 1995), |
| (Ebert et al., 2003) | |
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