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Variability of human milk neutral oligosaccharides in a diverse population.
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition - 1 Feb 2000
Erney R M, Malone W T, Skelding M B, Marcon A A, Kleman-Leyer K M, O'Ryan M L, Ruiz-Palacios G, Hilty M D, Pickering L K, Prieto P A
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BACKGROUND: A complex array of free oligosaccharides is a distinctive compositional feature of human milk. Although these oligosaccharides have been studied for several years, their variability and distribution have not been systematically studied, and their nutritional and functional roles have not been elucidated. This report describes a study in which a large number of human milk samples were analyzed for the...
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