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Effects of addition of 2-fucosyllactose to infant formula on growth and specific pathways of utilization by Bifidobacterium in healthy term infants
23 Sept 2022
Abstract excerpt
Oligosaccharides in human milk support healthviaintestinal microbiome. We studied effects of addition of 2-fucosyllactose (2′FL) to the infant formula on infant growth, occurrence of adverse events (AE), and infant microbiome, including expression of microbial genes that metabolize 2′FL. Our hypothesis was that while 2′FL would not affect growth, it would cause changes in microbiome metabolism. In a...
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