title: Chemical characterization of milk oligosaccharides of the island flying fox (Pteropus hypomelanus) (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae).
abstract: Although a considerable amount of information has accumulated about oligosaccharides in the milk and colostrum of representatives of various mammalian orders, nothing is so far known concerning these sugars in the milk of any bat species (order Chiroptera). In this study, we determined that the following oligosaccharides occur in milk of the island flying fox, Pteropus hypomelanus (Chiroptera: Pteropidae): Gal(α1-3)Gal(β1-4)Glc (isoglobotriose), Gal(β1-4)GlcNAc(β1-3)Gal(β1-4)Glc (lacto-N-neotetraose), Gal(β1-4)GlcNAc(β1-3)[Gal(β1-4)GlcNAc(β1-6)]Gal(β1-4)Glc (lacto-N-neohexaose) and Neu5Gc(α2-3)Gal(β1-4)Glc (3'-NGc-SL). However, lactose was found to be the dominant saccharide in this milk, as in most eutherian mammals. The biologic importance of oligosaccharides in Chiropteran milks warrants further study.
authors: Graduate School of Food Hygiene, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors: Akitsugu
authors: A
authors: Senda
authors: Rui
authors: R
authors: Kobayashi
authors: Kenji
authors: K
authors: Fukuda
authors: Tadao
authors: T
authors: Saito
authors: Wendy R
authors: WR
authors: Hood
authors: Thomas H
authors: TH
authors: Kunz
authors: Olav T
authors: OT
authors: Oftedal
authors: Tadasu
authors: T
authors: Urashima
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000378:metabolism*; D003126:Colostrum / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D007785:Lactose / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry*; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D009844:Oligosaccharides; D007785:Lactose