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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 3.

Figure 3

Human milk glycoconjugates (HMG). Most of the major macromolecules of human milk are glycosylated, many heavily. The principal families of glycoconjugates in milk include the mucins, glycosaminoglycans, glycoproteins, glycopeptides, and glycolipids, with examples depicted in this figure. Sugar abbreviations: GalNAc, N-acetylgalactosamine; GlcNAc, N-acetylglucosamine; Gal, galactose; Glc, glucose; Man, mannose; Fuc, fucose; Xyl, xylose; sialic acid, N-acetylneuraminic acid (some N-glycolylneuraminic acid; GlcA, glucuronic acid; IdoA, iduronic acid.