Milk and dairy products are an integral part of human nutrition, and in addition, they contain plenty of bioactive ingredients that are good for human health. In recent years, more and more attention has been put on milk oligosaccharides and lipids, two active substances with evidence of benefits for chronic diseases prevention. Their quantity, structure, activity, and health effects have all been studied the world widely. In addition to human milk and bovine milk, other mammals’ milk such as goat milk, camel milk, horse milk, etc. have also been explored and special health effects have been revealed such as anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory, and even anti-cancer.

Structure is the basis of function, therefore identification and quantification of these active compounds are of great value. The development of omics technology and analytical chemistry provides us with powerful tools to further understand active substances in all kinds of milk and their products. Large population cohort studies, metabolic markers' studies, and dietary intervention studies provide reliable health evidence for dairy foods. We hope to attract good research on oligosaccharides and lipids in different dairy products from all over the world so that we can have a more comprehensive understanding of these two promising dairy-derived active ingredients.

This Research Topic aims to help researchers and managers to get a more comprehensive understanding of the quantity, structure, activity, and health effects of milk oligosaccharides and lipids, two promising active ingredients, by using the novel omics technology and analytical chemistry, and large population cohort studies, metabolic markers' studies, and dietary intervention studies.

The Research Topic welcomes articles covering, but not limited to, the following sub-topics:

• Identification and quantification of milk-derived oligosaccharides and lipids, especially by omics;
• Comparison of oligosaccharides and lipids between milk from humans and different species of mammals;
• Demonstration of the molecular mechanisms by which oligosaccharides and lipids exhibit health functions in vivo;
• The investigation of metabolism and bioactivities of milk-derived oligosaccharides and lipids by using clinical trials;
• Effects of dairy oligosaccharides and lipids on common chronic diseases, and its mechanism exploration;
• Milk oligosaccharides and lipids derived functional foods.

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