More than sugar in the milk: human milk oligosaccharides as essential bioactive molecules in breast milk and current insight in beneficial effects

L Cheng, R Akkerman, C Kong… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Human milk is the gold standard for newborn infants. Breast milk not only provides nutrients,
it also contains bioactive components that guide the development of the infant's intestinal …

Changes in HMO concentrations throughout lactation: influencing factors, health effects and opportunities

C Thum, CR Wall, GA Weiss, W Wang, IMY Szeto… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are important functional biomolecules in human
breast milk. Understanding the factors influencing differences in HMO composition and …

Recent understanding of human milk oligosaccharides in establishing infant gut microbiome and roles in immune system

RP Singh, J Niharika, KK Kondepudi, M Bishnoi… - Food Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are complex sugars with distinctive structural diversity
present in breast milk. HMOs have various functional roles to play in infant development …

Human milk oligosaccharides in the milk of mothers delivering term versus preterm infants

S Austin, CA De Castro, N Sprenger, A Binia, M Affolter… - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are a major component of human milk, and play an
important role in protecting the infant from infections. Preterm infants are particularly …

Time of lactation and maternal fucosyltransferase genetic polymorphisms determine the variability in human milk oligosaccharides

G Lefebvre, M Shevlyakova, A Charpagne… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Rationale: Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) vary among mothers and genetic factors
contribute to this variability. We assessed changes in HMO concentrations during the first …

Human milk oligosaccharides as bioactive compounds in infant formula: recent advances and trends in synthetic methods

E Pérez-Escalante, S Alatorre-Santamaría… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) have attracted great interest in recent years due to
their role in boosting infants and adults health. According to several in vitro, in vivo and …