The Mean of Milk: A Review of Human Milk Oligosaccharide Concentrations throughout Lactation.

ABSTRACT: Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are non-digestible and structurally diverse complex carbohydrates that are highly abundant in human milk. To date, more than 200 different HMO structures have been identified. Their concentrations in human milk vary according to various factors such as lactation period, mother's genetic secretor status, and length of gestation (term or preterm). The objective of this review is to assess and rank HMO concentrations from healthy mothers throughout lactation at a global level. To this aim, published data from pooled (secretor and non-secretor) human milk samples were used. When samples were reported as secretor or non-secretor, means were converted to a pooled level, using the reported mean of approximately 80/20% secretor/non-secretor frequency in the globa

SUBMITTER: Soyyılmaz B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8398195 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature