Table 2 Lactate, formate and short-chain fatty acids concentration (mM) (mean ± standard deviation) in infant fecal microbiota fermentation with oligosaccharides.

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

 

Control

LNB

GNB

3FN

6FN

Lactate

1.12 ± 0.14

4.93 ± 1.73*

4.48 ± 3.71*

1.06 ± 0.154

0.78 ± 0.36

Formate

2.43 ± 0.67

3.69 ± 0.38*

4.62 ± 0.44*

2.64 ± 0.91

2.77 ± 0.85

Acetate

3.67 ± 0.83

9.19 ± 5.44*

7.55 ± 1.78#

3.67 ± 1.07

3.61 ± 1.12

Propionate

1.45 ± 0.94

1.80 ± 0.86

3.07 ± 2.02

1.15 ± 0.62

0.87 ± 0.58

Butyrate

11.96 ± 3.80

6.84 ± 2.69#

6.75 ± 4.85#

10.62 ± 2.47

11.23 ± 1.61

  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. Statistical significant differences compared to control are indicated: #p < 0.1; *p < 0.05.
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