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  • Identification of 2'-fucosyllactose in milk of the crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus).

Identification of 2'-fucosyllactose in milk of the crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus).

Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology (1997-03-01)
T Urashima, Y Hiramatsu, S Murata, T Nakamura, M Messer
PMID9114490
ABSTRACT

1. An oligosaccharide was isolated from extracts of crabeater seal milk by preparative paper chromatography. 2. The saccharide was identified as Fuc alpha 1-2Ga1 beta 1-4G1c by 1H-NMR spectroscopy. 3. This work represents the first identification of an oligosaccharide, other than lactose, in the milk of a pinniped.