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February 19, 2024Frontiers in MicrobiologyOpen Access

Short-chain fatty acids in breast milk and their relationship with the infant gut microbiota

Menglu Xi Yalu Yan Sufang Duan Ting Li Ignatius Man‐Yau Szeto Ai Zhao

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Abstract

The short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) contained in breast milk play a key role in infant growth, affecting metabolism and enhancing intestinal immunity by regulating inflammation.

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Xi et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e78948b6db6435876fb25f https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1356462

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