lactodifucotetraose

noun

An oligosaccharide composed of lactose with two added fucose moieties

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Meanings

nounlactodifucotetraose (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiochemistryAn oligosaccharide composed of lactose with two added fucose moieties

    Three of the more abundant fucosylated HMOs, 2’-fucosyllactose (2’-FL), 3-fucosyllactose (3-FL) and lactodifucotetraose have been shown to exhibit a prebiotic effect [4 ].

    2016 January 23, “Novel α-L-Fucosidases from a Soil Metagenome for Production of Fucosylated Human Milk Oligosaccharides”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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