CAS: 56-41-7

Molecular Weight:89.09

Molecular Formula:C3H7NO2

The physical and chemical properties colorless to white crystalline powder, odorless. Sweet, the sweetness of sugar is about 70%. Soluble in water, slightly soluble in ethanol, insoluble in ether.

Solubility: 166.5 g/L (25 °C)
Security term to avoid contact with skin and eyes.

Usage:
1. Medicine
L-alanine is an important raw material for synthetic VB6, nutritional agents, "one of the components of the complement fine amino acid nutrition infusion as the main ingredient, L-alanine amino acid injection -800" Indications of liver encephalopathy and promote hepatic coma patients wake up quickly, and is also a diuretic medicine.
2. Food Additives
(1) improve the nutritional value of the food, in all kinds of food and beverages, such as: bread, ice cakes, fruit, dairy products, carbonated drinks, ice cream, etc.. Adding 0.1 to 1% of the alanine can significantly improve the utilization of protein in the food and beverage, and alanine to be characteristics of cells directly absorbed, therefore, after drinking can quickly recover from fatigue and boost morale.
(2) to improve the taste of artificial Taiwan sweeteners enable sweetness efficiency, reduce the dosage. Add the sweet ignorance agent of the complex from 1 to 10% alanine, can increase the sweetness, sweet soft match the natural sweet ignorance agent, can be improved after taste.
Alanine or table into a high sweetness alitame (Alitame, L-aspartyl-D-alanine amide, sucrose sweetness 600 times) one of the raw materials.