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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 13.
Published in final edited form as: Annu Rev Food Sci Technol. 2018 Mar 25;9:429–450. doi: 10.1146/annurev-food-030216-030207

Table 1.

Oligosaccharides with known structures found in both human and bovine milk

Name Monosaccharide composition Structure Reference(s)
Hex HexNAc Fuc NeuAc NeuGc
2′-Fucosyllactose 2 0 1 0 0 graphic file with name nihms968161t1.jpg Aldredge et al. 2013
3-Fucosyllactose 2 0 1 0 0 graphic file with name nihms968161t2.jpg Aldredge et al. 2013
Lacto-N-neohexaose 4 2 0 0 0 graphic file with name nihms968161t3.jpg Aldredge et al. 2013, Kobata & Ginsburg 1972
Lacto-N-tetraose 3 1 0 0 0 graphic file with name nihms968161t4.jpg Kunz et al. 2000
Lacto-N-neotetraose 3 1 0 0 0 graphic file with name nihms968161t5.jpg Aldredge et al. 2013, Kunz et al. 2000
3′-Sialyllactosamine 1 1 0 1 0 graphic file with name nihms968161t6.jpg Aldredge et al. 2013, Wu et al. 2011
6′-Sialyllactosamine 1 1 0 1 0 graphic file with name nihms968161t7.jpg Aldredge et al. 2013, Wu et al. 2011
3′-Sialyllactose 2 0 0 1 0 graphic file with name nihms968161t8.jpg Aldredge et al. 2013, Martin-Sosa et al. 2003
6′-Sialyllactose 2 0 0 1 0 graphic file with name nihms968161t9.jpg Aldredge et al. 2013, Martin-Sosa et al. 2003
Gal(β1-6)Gal(β1-4)Glc 3 0 0 0 0 graphic file with name nihms968161t10.jpg Aldredge et al. 2013

Abbreviations: Fuc, Fucose; Hex, Hexose; HexNAc, N-acetylhexosamine; NeuAc, N-acetylneuraminic acid; NeuGc, N-glycolylneuraminic acid.