Description | Lacto-N-difucopentaose II is an oligosaccharide first isolated from human milk by recycling chromatography in 1988. Is resistant to enzymic hydrolysis in the gastrointestinal tract of the infant; it is postulated that they reach the large intestine where they serve as substrates for bacterial metabolism. Oligosaccharides in human milk represent a group of bioactive molecules that have evolved to be an abundant and diverse component of human milk, even though they have no direct nutritive value to the infant. (PMID 3274083, 10837303, 11787695, 14530096, 17002410) |
Chemical_IUPAC_Name | N-[(2R,3R,4R,5S,6R)-2-[(2R,3S,4S,5R,6S)-3,5-dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[(2R,3R,4R,5R)-1,2,5-trihydroxy-6-oxo-4-[(2S,3S,4R,5S,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyl-oxan-2-yl]oxy-hexan-3-yl]oxy-oxan-4-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-5-[(2S,3S,4R,5S,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyl-oxan-2-yl]oxy-oxan-3-yl]acetamide |