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lactodifucotetraose

lactodifucotetraose noun: an oligosaccharide composed of lactose with two added fucose moieties.

Noun

lactodifucotetraose (uncountable)

  1. An 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

Questions about lactodifucotetraose

What does lactodifucotetraose mean?
Lactodifucotetraose means an oligosaccharide composed of lactose with two added fucose moieties.
What part of speech is lactodifucotetraose?
Lactodifucotetraose is a noun.

Words near lactodifucotetraose in the dictionary

  1. lactocytes
  2. lactodehydrogenase
  3. lactodensimeter
  4. lactodensimeters
  5. lactoderm
  6. lactodifucotetraose
  7. lactofen
  8. lactoferment
  9. lactofermentation
  10. lactofermentations
  11. lactofermented

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