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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Res. 2014 Feb 12;75(5):675–679. doi: 10.1038/pr.2014.24

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOS). The human milk oligosaccharides contain lactose on the reducing end, and most contain a polylactosamine backbone. In contrast to bovine milk, human milk oligosaccharides are a major component, with the majority being fucosylated. The acidic oligosaccharides contain sialic acid.