Some knowledge about glycine

Glycine, the chemical formula is C2H5NO2 and is white solid under normal temperature and pressure. It has both acidic and alkaline properties in the molecule. 

The functional group can be ionized in water and has strong hydrophilicity, but it is a non-polar amino acid. It is soluble in polar solvents but hardly soluble in non-polar solvents. It also has a higher boiling point and melting point.

Glycine’s use

1. It is used as a biochemical reagent, used in medicine, feed and food additives, and used as a non-toxic decarbonizer in the nitrogen fertilizer industry.

2. Used in the pharmaceutical industry, biochemical tests and organic synthesis.

3. Glycine is mainly used as a nutritional additive for chicken feed.

4. Glycine, also known as aminoacetic acid, is used in the production of pesticides to synthesize pyrethroid insecticides as an intermediate glycine ethyl ester hydrochloride, and can also be used to synthesize fungicide iprodione and herbicide solid glyphosate. In addition, , It is also used in fertilizer, medicine, food additives, condiment and other industries.

5. Nutritional supplements. Mainly used for seasoning and so on.

Flavoring Combined with alanine for alcoholic beverages. Additions: 0.4% for wine, 0.2% for whiskey, and 1.0% for champagne. Others, such as powder soup, add about 2%; lees pickled food 1%. It can be used for seasoning sauce because it can taste like shrimp and cuttlefish to a certain extent.

It has a certain inhibitory effect on the reproduction of Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli. Therefore, it can be used as a preservative for surimi products, peanut butter, etc., with an addition amount of 1% to 2%.

Buffering effect Glycine is a zwitterion with amino and carboxyl groups, so it has strong buffering properties. It can buffer the taste of salt and vinegar. The addition amount is 0.3%~0.7% for salted products and 0.05%~0.5% for pickled products.

Antioxidant effect (using its metal chelation) added to cream, cheese, and margarine can prolong the shelf life by 3 to 4 times. In order to stabilize the lard in the baked goods, 2.5% glucose and 0.5% glycine can be added. Add 0.1% to 0.5% of wheat flour for instant noodles, and it can also be used for seasoning. Used in medicine as antacid (hyperacidity), muscular malnutrition treatment agent, antidote, etc. It is also a synthetic raw material for amino acids such as threonine.

6. Used as a buffer, used in the preparation of tissue culture medium, copper, gold and silver inspection, and used in medicine to treat myasthenia gravis and progressive muscle atrophy, hyperacidity, chronic enteritis, hyperprolineemia in children, etc. disease.

7. Treatment of myasthenia gravis and progressive muscle atrophy; treatment of gastric hyperlipidemia, chronic enteritis (usually used in combination with antacids); combined with aspirin, can reduce its irritation to the stomach; treatment of hyperprolineemia in children; as The nitrogen source for generating non-essential amino acids is added to the mixed amino acid injection.

8. Glycine is used as a solvent for removing carbon dioxide in the fertilizer industry. In the pharmaceutical industry, it can be used as a buffer for amino acid preparations, chlortetracycline and as a synthetic raw material for L-dopa, an anti-Parkinson’s disease drug. It is also an intermediate of ethyl imidazolate, which itself is also an adjuvant therapy Medicine, can treat neurogenic gastric hyperacidity, and is also effective in inhibiting gastric ulcer hyperacidity. In the food industry, it can be used as a formula and saccharin remover for synthetic wine, brewed products, meat processing and refreshing beverages. As a food additive, glycine can be used alone as a seasoning, or it can be combined with sodium glutamate and DL-alanine. Use in conjunction with acid, citric acid, etc. In other industries, it can be used as a pH regulator, added to electroplating baths, or used as a raw material for other amino acids. Used as a biochemical reagent and solvent in organic synthesis and biochemistry.

9. Complexometric titration indicator, solvent.

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