March 30, 2023
In 2017, N-acetylneuric acid (also known as sialic acid and bird's nest acid) was approved by the National Health Commission as a new food raw material, and its application in China has been widely recognized.
What exactly is N-acetylneuraminic acid? Today, Feirui biological "guardian angel" little lion passion preaching online, I believe that after careful reading of N-acetylneuric acid (also known as sialic acid, bird's nest acid) is not confused.
In fact, Sialic acid (SA) was isolated from bovine submandibular mucin as early as 1957. SA is the general term for nine-carbon sugar neuraminidase, also known as bird's nest acid, chemical name N-acetylneuramic acid.
N-acetylneuramic acid plays a very important role in regulating human physiological and biochemical functions, such as anti-inflammatory, treatment of influenza, antiviral, anti-tumor and so on. Studies have also found that n-acetylneuraminic acid is a natural brain nutrient that promotes cognitive development, learning and memory in infants.
It promotes brain development
Studies have found that N-acetylneuraminic acid is involved in memory and learning. It is produced by the human liver as an endogenous form of N-acetylneuraminic acid, but the organs of infants and young children are not mature enough to produce adequate amounts of sialic acid as adults.
So pay attention ！！！！！ Sialic acid is one of the essential nutritional factors for infant brain development, and infants need enough exogenous sialic acid to satisfy normal brain development. That is, sialic acid supplementation through diet can increase the amount of sialic acid in the brain and improve the level of children's intellectual development.
It has anti-inflammatory and antiviral effects
Studies have found that when an organ or tissue is inflamed, white blood cells will gather at the inflamed site, and the accumulation of white blood cells is closely related to cell adhesion. Can inhibit white blood cell adhesion, and can fight inflammation, play an antibacterial and anti-inflammatory role. A large number of studies have shown that sialic acid can not only interact with bacteria, but also may interact with viruses to play an antiviral function, as well as anti-human immunodeficiency virus.
The source of N-acetylneuraminic acid
Food source is mainly breast milk, especially colostrum high content.
It is also found in eggs, deer antler and bird's nest, among which the highest content is bird's nest. So if the mother's breast milk is insufficient or artificial feeding babies can be appropriate exogenous supplement.
