Table 1 Decrease of pH values of culture supernatants and % of consumed oligosaccharides (mean ± standard deviation) from infant fecal microbiota fermentation assays.

From: Human milk and mucosa-associated disaccharides impact on cultured infant fecal microbiota

 

Control

LNB

GNB

3FN

6FN

pH

decreasea

0.83 ± 0.32

2.97 ± 0.26*

2.89 ± 0.27*

0.98 ± 0.34

0.95 ± 0.33

% consumed disaccharides

-

82.33 ± 15.94

78.33 ± 19.40

41.92 ± 9.49

23.51 ± 15.57

  1. Control, without sugar added; LNB, lacto-N-biose; GNB, galacto-N-biose; 3FN, fucosyl-α-1,3-N-acetylglucosamine; 6FN, fucosyl-α-1,6-N-acetylglucosamine. aStatistical significant differences compared to control are indicated: *p < 0.05.
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