Human milk oligosaccharides: The novel modulator of intestinal microbiota

BMB Reports

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 433-441

  Jeong, Kyunghun ^a   Nguyen, Vi ^b   Kim, Jaehan ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; Fucose; Human milk oligosaccharide; Intestinal microbiota; N acetylglucosamine; N acetylneuraminic acid; Prebiotics; Sialic acid

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSIDASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

BACTERIUM; BREAST MILK; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIA; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HUMANS; INTESTINES; METAGENOME; MILK, HUMAN; OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84866627210     PISSN: 19766696     EISSN: 1976670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/BMBRep.2012.45.8.168     Document Type: Short Survey

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