Glycine (Aminoacetic Acid)

Product Property
White crystalline particles or powder, sweet taste.
Relative density 1.1607, melting point 248℃.
Soluble in water, slightly soluble in methanol, very difficult to dissolve in ethanol,
almost insoluble in acetone or ether.
Usage
1.Industrial Use
·In the production of pesticides for the synthesis of herbicides glyphosate,
but also synthetic pyrethroid insecticide intermediate ethyl ester hydrochloride,
and synthetic fungicides;
·Nitrogen fertilizer industry for non-toxic decarbonizer;
·Water treatment industry;
·Printing and dyeing industry, increase the coloring rate;
·Foliar fertilizer in agriculture;
·Electronics industry, electroplating solution additives, PH adjusters;
·Used as biochemical reagents and solutions in organic synthesis and biochemical.
2.Food Use
·Used as a flavoring agent, sweetener, nutritional supplements;
·Together with DL-alanine, citric acid, etc. used in alcohol-containing drinks;
·Used as a sour taste correction agent and buffer in Synthetic sake;
·Used as an additive in making pickles, sweet sauces, soy sauce, vinegar and juices to improve
flavor and taste, as well as to keep original flavor and provide sweet source, etc;
·To extend the shelf-life of cream, cheese and margarine 3 to 4 times;
·Play a butter role in the taste of the common salt & vinegar by its amino group & carboxyl;
·Being used as the bitter-remover in the food fermentating, meat processing, formula of cold drink
and saccharin sodium;
·Play a stabilizing role for Vitamin C in food processing;
·Being used in the monosodium glutamate;
·Have a certain inhibitory effect on the proliferation of Bacillus subtilis and E. coli, it also can be
used in surimi products, peanuts butter and other preservatives by adding 1% to 2%;
·Glycine is an amphoteric ion with an amino group and a carboxyl group, so it has a strong buffering effect on
salt and vinegar;
·Suggested to add the amount of salt products for 0.3% to 0.7%, acid products 0.05% to 0.5%.
3.Pharmaceutical Use
·For the drugs of medical microbial and biochemical amino acid metabolism;
·Used as raw material for chlortetracycline buffer, anti-Parkinson`s disease drug L-dopa, vitamin B6,
threonine and other amino acids;
·Used as amino acid nutrition infusion;
·Used as cephalosporin raw materials, thiamphenicol intermediates, synthetic imidazole acetic
acid intermediates;
·For muscular weakness and progressive care of large muscular dystrophy as adjuvant therapy;
·Used as the acid-making agent to cure neural hyperacidity and restrain gastric ulcer hyperacidity;
·For bladder irrigation during surgery.
4.Feed Additive and Nutritional Use
·Feed additives; mainly used in the fodder for livestock and poultry, especially pets to increase the amino acid
additives and attractants;
·Used as a hydrolyzed protein additive and as a synergist for hydrolyzed proteins;
·Used a s sour taste correction agent and buffer in synthetic fine feed.
5.Surfactant and Daily chemical Use
•Glycine in the surfactant industry can synthesis of cationic and amphoteric surfactants,
used in the production of amino acids with good humidity resistance and dyeing hair, skin care and cosmetics
for cleaning after dispensing, preparation foam, strong antioxidant drug cosmetics warter-in-oil or oil-in-water
emulsion, humidifying and thickening effect.

Specification Sheet