Glycine / CAS 56-40-6

Glycine（Aminoacetic Acid ）

[Molecular formula] C2H5NO2 

[Molecular weight] 75.07 

[Structure formula] NH2CH2COOH 

[Physical-chemistry property] White crystal powder, sweet taste, easy to be dissolved in water, slightly dissolved in methanol and ethanol, but not dissolved in acetone and ether.

[Melting point]:between 232-236℃(decomposition).

[Specifications & Usage] 

Food/Feed grade:

As a kind of amino acid, it can be used as a flavoring, sweetener and nutritional supplement.

applied in alcoholic beverage, animal and plant food processing; for the making of salted vegetables and sweet jams; and as an additive for the making of salted sauce, vinegar and fruit juice, in order to improve the flavor and the taste of food and increase the nutrition of food. as a preservative for fish flakes and peanut jams and stabilizer for cream, cheese etc. as a buffering agent for the taste of edible salt and vinegar. mainly used as a feed additive to increase the amino acid for the poultry and the domestic animals especially for pets.

Pharma grade:

It's mainly used in amino acid injection solution as nutritional infusion. It can be used as a supplemental medicine to treat myasthenia progressive and pseudo hypertrophic muscular dystrophy; It is used as acid-making agent to treat neural hyperacidity and gastric ulcer hyperacidity.

[Package and weight(net weight) ]25kg/bag; 750kg/big bag; 1MT/big bag; 25kg/drum, (or as customer’s requirement)

Specifications

Tech-grade glycine

(1) Used as a solvent for removing CO2in the fertilizer industry, as an additive to the galvanizing solution;

(2) Used as a pH regulator;

(3) Used as an intermediate of pesticides, e.g. a key raw material for Herbicide Glyphosate.

Fertilizer glycine

Used as an cleaning agent in the production of fertilizer.