Review:
Milk Glycans and Their Interaction with the Infant - Gut Microbiota — Nina Kirmiz — Annual Review of Food Science and Technology
Not exact matches
The latter are structurally diverse unconjugated
glycans that are highly abundant in and unique to human
milk; they can stimulate the growth and / or activity of healthy intestinal bacteria.
Bifidobacterium are known to consume the 2» - fucosylated
glycans (sugars) found in the breast
milk of women with the fucosyltransferase 2 mammary gene.