Lactose Digestion in Infants
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Like all young mammals, human infants depend on milk for nutrition. Milk is rich in lactose, a disaccharide made from two sugar molecules. Lactose cannot be directly absorbed in the small intestine. T...
像所有年轻的哺乳动物一样,人类婴儿依赖牛奶获取营养。牛奶富含乳糖,这是一种由两个糖分子组成的二糖。乳糖不能在小肠中直接吸收。为了消化乳糖,哺乳动物会产生乳糖酶。现在乳糖与乳糖酶的活性位点结合。该酶水解乳糖并产生两种单糖,葡萄糖和半乳糖。然后...
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