Goat milk oligosaccharides: biological significance for the baby's body

Background. Breast milk is the best choice for feeding an infant in the first few years of life. Breast milk allows for the transmission of signals from mother to infant within a tightly coupled mother-breast milk-infant system. Notably, the changes that occur in each component of this triad influen...

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Main Authors: I. N. Zakharova, N. G. Sugian, Ya. V. Orobinskaya
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Language:Russian
Published: Open Systems Publication 2024-06-01
Series:Лечащий Врач
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Online Access:https://journal.lvrach.ru/jour/article/view/1249
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author I. N. Zakharova
N. G. Sugian
Ya. V. Orobinskaya
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description Background. Breast milk is the best choice for feeding an infant in the first few years of life. Breast milk allows for the transmission of signals from mother to infant within a tightly coupled mother-breast milk-infant system. Notably, the changes that occur in each component of this triad influence the infant's developmental trajectory. In addition to providing essential nutrients, breast milk contains many biologically active components, macro- and micronutrients that promote healthy growth and development, enable the formation of a healthy microbiota, and stimulate the development of the infant's immune system. However, in today's reality, women do not always manage to keep exclusively breastfeeding. Often there is a question about the right choice of milk formula for mixed or artificial feeding of the baby. Since ancient times, goat's milk has attracted the attention of parents as an alternative food for children. It is known that in Europe of XVIII-XIX centuries goat's milk was used to feed babies left in hospitals for foundlings, and the German writer Kanrad A. Zweirlian published a book called "Goat as the best and most effective nurse", where he told about the fact that a child left without a mother was fed with goat's milk. Today goat's milk is called a super milk food with unique therapeutic, nutritional, immunological and biological properties. It is a source of vitamins, proteins, and antioxidants and can be used to create artificial formula as an alternative to breast milk. From the nutritional point of view, goat's milk differs markedly from the milk of other dairy animals, having a greater buffering capacity.Objective. Currently, there are many studies comparing the possibility of using milk from different animal species (cow, goat, buffalo, donkey, camel, etc.). The article presents the peculiarities of goat milk composition, emphasizing on milk oligosaccharides, which determine part of its unique properties, as well as similarity with breast milk.
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spelling doaj-art-5cc6803525e6454ab4ae11f7ef2ab36e2025-08-20T03:37:06ZrusOpen Systems PublicationЛечащий Врач1560-51752687-11812024-06-0106222810.51793/OS.2024.27.6.0031236Goat milk oligosaccharides: biological significance for the baby's bodyI. N. Zakharova0N. G. Sugian1Ya. V. Orobinskaya2Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education; Children's City Clinical Hospital named after Z. A. Bashlyaeva of the Department of Health of the City of MoscowRussian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education; Khimki HospitalRussian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education; Khimki Hospital, polyclinic "Mama I malysh"Background. Breast milk is the best choice for feeding an infant in the first few years of life. Breast milk allows for the transmission of signals from mother to infant within a tightly coupled mother-breast milk-infant system. Notably, the changes that occur in each component of this triad influence the infant's developmental trajectory. In addition to providing essential nutrients, breast milk contains many biologically active components, macro- and micronutrients that promote healthy growth and development, enable the formation of a healthy microbiota, and stimulate the development of the infant's immune system. However, in today's reality, women do not always manage to keep exclusively breastfeeding. Often there is a question about the right choice of milk formula for mixed or artificial feeding of the baby. Since ancient times, goat's milk has attracted the attention of parents as an alternative food for children. It is known that in Europe of XVIII-XIX centuries goat's milk was used to feed babies left in hospitals for foundlings, and the German writer Kanrad A. Zweirlian published a book called "Goat as the best and most effective nurse", where he told about the fact that a child left without a mother was fed with goat's milk. Today goat's milk is called a super milk food with unique therapeutic, nutritional, immunological and biological properties. It is a source of vitamins, proteins, and antioxidants and can be used to create artificial formula as an alternative to breast milk. From the nutritional point of view, goat's milk differs markedly from the milk of other dairy animals, having a greater buffering capacity.Objective. Currently, there are many studies comparing the possibility of using milk from different animal species (cow, goat, buffalo, donkey, camel, etc.). The article presents the peculiarities of goat milk composition, emphasizing on milk oligosaccharides, which determine part of its unique properties, as well as similarity with breast milk.https://journal.lvrach.ru/jour/article/view/1249childrenbreastfeedingartificial feedingbreast milk oligosaccharidesbreast milkprebioticmicrobiotagoat milk oligosaccharidesgold standard of infant feeding
spellingShingle I. N. Zakharova
N. G. Sugian
Ya. V. Orobinskaya
Goat milk oligosaccharides: biological significance for the baby's body
Лечащий Врач
children
breastfeeding
artificial feeding
breast milk oligosaccharides
breast milk
prebiotic
microbiota
goat milk oligosaccharides
gold standard of infant feeding
title Goat milk oligosaccharides: biological significance for the baby's body
title_full Goat milk oligosaccharides: biological significance for the baby's body
title_fullStr Goat milk oligosaccharides: biological significance for the baby's body
title_full_unstemmed Goat milk oligosaccharides: biological significance for the baby's body
title_short Goat milk oligosaccharides: biological significance for the baby's body
title_sort goat milk oligosaccharides biological significance for the baby s body
topic children
breastfeeding
artificial feeding
breast milk oligosaccharides
breast milk
prebiotic
microbiota
goat milk oligosaccharides
gold standard of infant feeding
url https://journal.lvrach.ru/jour/article/view/1249
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