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Carbohydrate phenotyping of human and animal milk glycoproteins.
Glycoconjugate journal - 1 Mar 2005
Gustafsson Anki, Kacskovics Imre, Breimer Michael E, Hammarström Lennart, Holgersson Jan
Abstract excerpt
Breast-milk has a well-known anti-microbial effect, which is in part due to the many different carbohydrate structures expressed. This renders it a position as a potential therapeutic for treatment of infection by different pathogens, thus avoiding the drawbacks of many antibiotics. The plethora of carbohydrate epitopes in breast-milk is known to differ between species, with human milk expressing the most complex...
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