“…They exhibit a very great structural diversity such as acetylated, alkylated, phosphate, sulphated or methylated sialic acids, 10 Nowadays, more than 80 derivatives of neuraminic acid have been described 11 . At present, all the functions of sialic acids are not yet known 12 , however, they have been found to be important building blocks for the body, as they are involved in various biological processes, such as blood cell renewal, neural development and the functioning of the immune system 8, 10,13 . Sialic acids frequently attach to the terminal surface of glycan chains expressed on oligosaccharides, polysaccharides, glycoproteins, gangliosides and lipopolysaccharides on the surface of many cells, prokaryotes and eukaryotes, but some members of the sialic acid family are found only in free form 8,10,12,13 .…”