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ArticleOrganic & biomolecular chemistry2024

Gram-scale chemical synthesis of galactosyllactoses and their impact on infant gut microbiota

Evy Meeusen, Linqiu Cao, Dianne J Delsing, Andre Groeneveld, Margreet Heerikhuisen, Frank Schuren, Thomas J Boltje

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Article in Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Evy MeeusenSynthetic Organic Chemistry, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. thomas.boltje@ru.nl.
Linqiu CaoFrieslandCampina N.V., Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
Dianne J DelsingFrieslandCampina N.V., Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
Andre GroeneveldFrieslandCampina N.V., Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
Margreet HeerikhuisenNetherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Leiden, The Netherlands.
Frank SchurenNetherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Leiden, The Netherlands.
Thomas J BoltjeSynthetic Organic Chemistry, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. thomas.boltje@ru.nl.ORCID 0000-0001-9141-8784

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Abstract

Galactooligosaccharides (GOS) are widely used as a supplement in infant nutrition to mimic the beneficial effects found in prebiotic human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). However, the complexity of the GOS mixture makes it challenging to ascertain which of the GOS components contribute most to their health benefits. Galactosyllactoses (GLs) are lactose-based trisaccharides containing a β-galactopyranosyl residue at the 3'-position (3'galactosyllactose, 3'-GL), 4'-position (4'-galactosyllactose, 4'-GL), or the 6'-position (6'-galactosyllactose, 6'-GL). These GLs are of particular interest as they are present in both GOS mixtures and human milk at early stages of lactation. However, research on the potential health benefits of these individual GLs has been limited. Gram quantities are needed to assess their health benefits but these GLs are not readily available at this scale. In this study, we report the gram-scale chemical synthesis of 3'-GL, 4'-GL, and 6'-GL. All three galactosyllactoses were obtained on a gram scale in good purity from cheap and commercially available lactose. Furthermore,

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Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeLactoseFemaleHumansInfantMilk, HumanOligosaccharidesTrisaccharidesLactoseOligosaccharidesTrisaccharides

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PMID38363206
PMCPMC10917138

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