Identification of 2'-fucosyllactose in milk of the crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 311-314

  Urashima, Tadasu ^a   Hiramatsu, Yoriko ^a   Murata, Sachiko ^a   Nakamura, Tadashi ^a   Messer, Michael ^b  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

2' fucosyllactose; 1H NMR; crabeater seal; fucose; lactose; milk; oligosaccharides; pinniped

Indexed keywords

FUCOSYLLACTOSE; LACTOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; FEMALE; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL;

EID: 0030944692     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(96)00209-X     Document Type: Article

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