“…N-acetyl-neuraminic acid (NANA) containing substances, including human and bovine CMP, promote the growth of the Bifidobacterium genus: B. breve, B. bifidum, and B. infantis (Azuma, Yamauchi, & Mitsuoka, 1984;Idota, Kawakami, & Nakajima 1994;Metwally, ElShibiny, El-Dieb, El-Etriby, & Assem, 2001). Supplementation of milk with 2% CMP, either of bovine, ovine or caprine origin, increased the counts of B. lactis by 1.5 log cycles after 24 h incubation at 37 1C when compared with unsupplemented milk (Janer, Pela´ez, & Requena, 1994).…”