Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1973654 | Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology | 2009 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The Carnivora include the superfamilies Canoidea and Feloidea. In species of Canoidea other than Canidae, the milk contains only traces of lactose and much larger concentrations of oligosaccharides. In this study, the following oligosaccharides were characterized in the milk of a spotted hyena, which is a species of Feloidea species: Neu5Ac(α2-3)Gal(β1-4)Glc, Gal(α1-3)[Fuc(α1-2)]Gal(β1-4)Glc, Gal(α1-3)Gal(β1-4)Glc and Fuc(α1-2)Gal(β1-4)Glc. Lactose was found to be the predominant saccharide; in this respect, the hyena milk is markedly different from the milks of most species of Canoidea species. The sole presence of 3â²-SL in the spotted hyena milk is interesting, because the co-presence of 3â²-SL and 6â²-SL has been reported in the milk or colostrum of many mammalian species.
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Authors
Yusuke Uemura, Shunji Takahashi, Akitsugu Senda, Kenji Fukuda, Tadao Saito, Olav T. Oftedal, Tadasu Urashima,