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. 2021 Dec 1;25(1):103542. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103542

Figure 1.

Figure 1

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.