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Gold standard for nutrition: a review of human milk oligosaccharide and its effects on infant gut microbiota
28 May 2021
Abstract excerpt
Human milk is the gold standard for nutrition of infant growth, whose nutritional value is mainly attributed to human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). HMOs, the third most abundant component of human milk after lactose and lipids, are complex sugars with unique structural diversity which are indigestible by the infant. Acting as prebiotics, multiple beneficial functions of HMO are believed to be exerted through...
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