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. 1978 Nov;53(11):913-5.
doi: 10.1136/adc.53.11.913.

Faecal excretion of oligosaccharides and other carbohydrates in normal neonates

R K Whyte, R Homer, C A Pennock

Faecal excretion of oligosaccharides and other carbohydrates in normal neonates

R K Whyte et al. Arch Dis Child. 1978 Nov.

Abstract

Chromatographic analysis of sugars in the stools of 40 normal newborn infants has shown the presence of an oligosaccharide in 85% of samples. The oligosaccharide has been shown to contain fucose (6-deoxygalactose), glucose, and galactose and is present in normal breast milk. In addition fucose has also been found in the presence of galactose in some samples and is probably a breakdown product of milk oligosaccharides. These findings, which affect the interpretation of faecal sugar excretion, have not been described previously.

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