TABLE 5.

Comparison of di- and tri-saccharides from Purified GOS-A and Purified GOS-E (NMR analysis described in method) with Vivinal GOS according to Van Leeuwen et al. (2014).

	Compound	GOS-A	GOS-E	Vivinal GOS
Disaccharides	β-D-Galp-(1-6)-D-Glcp	✓	✓	✓
	β-D-Galp-(1-4)-D-Galp			✓
	β-D-Galp-(1-2)-D-Glcp	✓	✓	✓
	β-D-Galp-(1-3)-D-Glcp	✓	✓	✓
	β-D-Galp-(1-3)-D-Galp	✓	✓	✓
	β-D-Galp-(1-1)-D-Glcp	✓	✓
	β-D-Galp-(1-6)-D-Galp	✓	✓
Trisaccharides	β-D-Galp-(1-6)-β-D-galp-(1-4)-Glcp	✓	✓	✓
	β-D-Galp-(1-4)-[β-D-galp-(1-6)-] D-Glcp			✓
	β-D-Galp-(1-2)-[β-D-galp-(1-4)-] D-Glcp			✓
	β-D-Galp-(1-2)-[β-D-galp-(1-6)-] D-Glcp			✓
	β-D-Galp-(1-3)-[β-D-galp-(1-6)-] D-Glcp			✓
	β-D-Galp-(1-4)-[β-D-galp-(1-4)-] D-Glcp	✓		✓
	β-D-Galp-(1-3)-[β-D-galp-(1-4)-] D-Glcp	✓	✓	✓
	β-D-Galp-(1-4)-[β-D-galp-(1-2)-] D-Glcp			✓
	β-D-Galp-(1-4)-[β-D-galp-(1-3)-] D-Glcp			✓

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