L-alanine is a non-essential amino acid that occurs in high levels in its free state in plasma. It is produced from pyruvate by transamination. It is involved in sugar and acid metabolism, increases IMMUNITY, and provides energy for muscle tissue, BRAIN, and the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.

Functions and application of L-Alanine      

1. Medicine

a. L - Alanine is an important raw material for the synthesis of VB6, nutrients is one of the components of the filling pure amino acids nutrition infusion.

b. L - Alanine as the main component of the amino acid injection - 800, the attending liver, brain, and help patients with hepatic coma wake up quickly, is also a kind of diuresis medicine.

2. Food additives

a. Can improve the nutritional value of food, in all kinds of food and beverages, such as: bread, water ice point, fruit tea, milk, soda, sorbet, and so on.Add 0.1 ~ 1% of alanine can obviously improve the utilization rate of the protein in food and beverage, and because the alanine has the characteristics of can be absorbed by the cells directly, therefore, after drinking can quickly restore fatigue, refreshing.

b. Artificial sweeteners to improve the sense of taste, can make the sweetness efficiency, reduce the dosage.In compound with sweet mei agent of 1 ~ 10% of alanine, can improve the sweetness, sweet, soft as natural sweet mei agent, and can improve the taste.

c. Alanine or synthetic high sweetness, sweet, Alitame, L - asp acyl - D - propylene ammonia amide, 600 times of sucrose sweetness) one of the raw material.

d. Biochemical research.Tissue culture.Determination of liver function.

e. Used as a flavoring agent. It can add spice seasoning effect;Correction also can be used as sour agent, improve the sour taste of organic acid.