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Biosci Biotechnol Biochem
; 73(5): 1175-9, 2009 May.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19420691
RESUMEN
We demonstrated the prebiotic effect of lacto-N-biose I (Galbeta1-3GlcNAc) on bifidobacteria in vitro. Lacto-N-biose I, a building unit of the type-I milk oligosaccharides, enhanced the growth of many bifidobacteria, especially Bifidobacterium bifidum, B. breve, and B. longum, which are predominant in the intestines of breast-fed infants. It might be a substantial, natural prebiotic in human colostrums.