[Literature Library] Non-digestible carbohydrates as substitution for human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) on microbiota effects and gut maturation

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Clinical Nutrition Gastroenterology Paediatrics Gut health Nutrition & Disease Management
[Literature Library] Non-digestible carbohydrates as substitution for human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) on microbiota effects and gut maturation

Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) exert beneficial functions such as support of gut microbiota colonization, reduction of pathogenic infections and support of immune development. This paper reviews how non-digestive carbohydrates may possibly replace HMOs in infant formulas providing similar functional effects.

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Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are abundantly present in HM and exert multiple beneficial functions, such as support of colonization of the gut microbiota, reduction of pathogenic infections and support of immune development.

Link to Publication: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29333864

 

 

Reference

Akkerman R, et al. Non-digestible carbohydrates in infant formula as substitution for human milk oligosaccharide functions: Effects on microbiota and gut maturation. Crit Rrev Food Sci Nutr. 2018:1-12. doi: 10.1080/10408398.2017.1414030.

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