Changes in milk carbohydrates during lactation in the eastern quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus (Marsupialia).
Comp Biochem Physiol B
; 88(4): 1083-6, 1987.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3427929
ABSTRACT
1. Milk samples were obtained at various stages of lactation from 16 captive eastern quolls. 2. The mean milk carbohydrate concentration was 7.4% (w/v; total hexose) at 8 weeks post partum, decreasing to 5.2% at 17 weeks and to less than 2% at the end of lactation. 3. The predominant monosaccharide constituent of the carbohydrates was galactose, followed by glucosamine, glucose and sialic acid. 4. Thin layer and gel chromatography showed that the milk carbohydrates consisted of lactose and a variety of higher oligosaccharides, some of which appeared to be identical to oligosaccharides of known structure previously isolated from milk of the tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii. 5. In general, both the quantitative and qualitative changes observed in the milk carbohydrates of the eastern quoll were similar to those documented for macropodids.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Milk
/
Carbohydrate Metabolism
/
Marsupialia
Type of study:
Qualitative_research
Limits:
Animals
/
Pregnancy
Language:
En
Journal:
Comp Biochem Physiol B
Year:
1987
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Australia