Scientists from Korea and Denmark have reported the synthesis of novel oligosaccharides with a relative sweetness of about 80 per cent that of sucrose, potentially offering formulators with an ...

Mining a highly active α-1,2-fucosyltransferase and implementing a dual-module metabolic bypass knockout strategy combined ...

Galactinol synthase (GolS) plays a pivotal role in the biosynthetic pathway of Raffinose Family Oligosaccharides (RFOs) in plants. As the enzyme responsible for the formation of galactinol – the ...

Oligosaccharides are constructed from carbohydrate monomer units which contain multiple hydroxyl groups, along with amino and carboxyl groups. Protecting groups play a vital role in oligosaccharide ...

Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are a uniquely abundant group of structurally complex sugars present in human milk that play a central role in shaping neonatal health. Recent studies have ...

Steve Townsend’s daughter was only one day old when she rebuffed a nurse’s bottle of baby formula. Townsend’s wife, unable to nurse because her daughter was in the intensive care unit for some extra ...

In a recent article published in Nutrients, researchers investigated the current evidence of the impact of milk oligosaccharides (MOS) on early life neurocognitive and brain development. Study: Review ...

Researchers have programmed the Nicotiana benthamiana plant, a close relative of tobacco, to produce prebiotic sugars found in human breast milk. Charles Andres via wikimedia commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) ...

New low calorie sweeteners appear on the market at a rate almost too fast to keep up with. One of the newer types is Swerve Sweetener, a calorie-free sugar replacement made from natural ingredients.

Many people have heard that drinking cranberry juice can help prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs). Although clinical trials of this popular folk remedy have produced mixed results, some studies ...