Human milk oligosaccharides structures
(A) Monosaccharides.
(B) disaccharides composing HMOs.
(C) Examples of type of linkages and modification characterizing HMOs. Glc, glucose; Gal, galactose; GlcNAc, N-acetylglucosamine; Neu5Ac, N-acetylneuraminic acid; Fuc, fucose; LNB, lacto-N-biose; LacNAc, N-acetyllactosamine; Lac, lactose; HMOs, human milk oligosaccharides; 2’FL; 2′-fucosyllactose; 3FL, 3-fucosyllactose; LNnT, lacto-N-neotetraose; 3′SL, 3′-sialyllactose; 6′SL, 6′-sialyllactose; LNT, lacto-N-tetraose; LNFP II, lacto-N-fucopentaose II; LST c, sialyl-LNT c; LNH, lacto-N-hexaose; DSLNT, disialyllacto-N-tetraose.