The human milk metabolome reveals diverse oligosaccharide profiles

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1709-1718

  Smilowitz, Jennifer T ^a   O'Sullivan, Aifric ^a,b   Barile, Daniela ^a   German, J Bruce ^a   Lönnerdal, Bo ^a   Slupsky, Carolyn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2' FUCOSYLLACTOSE; 3' FUCOSYLLACTOSE; 3' SIALYLLACTOSE; 6' SIALYLLACTOSE; AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOHYDRATE; DISACCHARIDE; FATTY ACID; FORMIC ACID; FUCOSE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPURIC ACID; LACTO N FUCOPENTAOSE; LACTO N FUCOPENTAOSE I; LACTO N FUCOPENTAOSE II; LACTO N FUCOPENTAOSE III; LACTO N NEOTETRAOSE; LACTO N TETRAOSE; LACTODIFUCOTETRAOSE; LACTOSE; METHANOL; MONOSACCHARIDE; NUCLEOTIDE; NUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN; 2'-FUCOSYLLACTOSE; 3-GALACTOSYL-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDE 4-ALPHA-L-FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSIDE 2-ALPHA-L-FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LACTO-N-FUCOPENTAOSE I; TRISACCHARIDE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREAST MILK; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; LACTATION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; METABOLITE; METABOLOME; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITROGEN BALANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PUERPERIUM; BODY MASS; CHEMISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; INFANT; LIFESTYLE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FUCOSE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTATION; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; METABOLOME; MILK, HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRISACCHARIDES;

EID: 84886848268     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.113.178772     Document Type: Article

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