Breastfeeding and Metabolic Programming. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33278-46, Şahin ÖN,Briana DD,Di Rnzo GC, Editör, Springer Nature, Heidelberg, ss.61-72, 2023
Oligosaccharides are polymeric molecules typically consisting of between three and around ten monosaccharide subunits. Human breast milk differs from that found in the majority of mammalian species by virtue of the rich mixture of oligosaccharides (at least 150 different types) that it contains at high levels. Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) in mature human milk are even more abundant than milk proteins. They are usually present at a concentration of 5–15 g/L, which means that, if the water content is disregarded, they are exceeded in amount only by disaccharide lactose and milk fats [1, 2].KeywordsBreast milkOligosaccharidesNewborn nutrition