The benefits of betaine include anti-tumor, blood pressure lowering, anti peptic ulcer and gastrointestinal dysfunction, and treatment of liver diseases.

As a feed additive, it has the function of providing methyl donors, which can save some methionine. It has the function of regulating osmotic pressure in the body, relieving stress, promoting fat metabolism and protein synthesis, improving lean meat percentage, and enhancing the efficacy of anti coccidiosis drugs.

Can be used as a attractant in aquatic animal feed.

1.Maintain cell osmotic pressure

When subjected to salt alkali or water stress, a large amount of organic osmotic regulators such as betaine accumulate in the cytoplasm, while inorganic osmotic regulators in the cytoplasm mainly help to push towards vacuoles, maintaining osmotic balance between the cytoplasm and the extracellular environment (vacuoles), thus avoiding the toxicity of high concentrations of inorganic ions in the cytoplasm to enzymes and metabolism.

2.Protective effect on enzymes

Betaine has high solubility and no electrostatic charge. Its high concentration has no effect on many enzymes and other biomolecules, and even has a protective effect. Betaine can protect the cell membrane of beetroot, prevent heat damage, and increase the temperature required for enzyme thermal denaturation; Can protect the thylakoid membrane of spinach from freezing stress; Relieve the toxicity of high concentration salt on enzyme activity; Prevent protein thermodynamic interference induced by dehydration; It also has a good protective effect on aerobic respiration and energy metabolism processes. Betaine has a stabilizing effect on peripheral skin of PSH.

3.Durability of salt resistance

Betaine can be rapidly synthesized and accumulated to high concentrations in the body, without feedback inhibition in the biosynthesis reaction, and produces NAOH. Among the more than 150 metabolites studied, betaine is the best osmotic regulator, and even low concentrations of exogenous betaine have good effects. The slow metabolism of betaine indicates that the regulation of betaine metabolism is mainly determined by synthesis.

4.Affects the distribution of inorganic ions

Barley can accumulate betaine under salt stress. Betaine can trap Ca2+in roots, which may be of great significance for root resistance to salt damage. In addition, betaine has a certain regulatory effect on stomatal movement, respiration, and related gene expression under adverse conditions.

 

• Functional characteristics of betaine

1. Betaine is an efficient methyl donor that can replace the methyl donating function of methionine and choline; Replace the amount of methionine added, improve production performance, and reduce feed costs;
2. Betaine can ensure the methyl needs involved in various biochemical reactions in animals to ensure the normal synthesis and metabolism of nucleic acids and proteins
3. Betaine can promote fat metabolism, increase lean meat percentage, and prevent fatty liver; Enhance the body’s immune system; Improve the reproductive ability of breeding pigs;
4. Betaine can regulate cell osmotic pressure, reduce stress response, and ensure normal animal growth; Relieve piglet diarrhea and increase litter weight of weaned piglets; Relieve heat stress in chickens and reduce mortality rate; Protect the intestines, improve the effectiveness of anti coccidiosis drugs, and promote growth;
5. Betaine can stimulate the sense of smell and taste in animals, making it a good food attractant, especially in aquatic animal feed. It can increase feed intake and survival rate, shorten feeding time, reduce feed efficiency, and promote growth;
6. Due to its amphoteric nature, betaine is not easily oxidized. When combined with vitamins in premix, betaine is more effective in maintaining vitamin stability than choline;
7. Betaine has a high melting point, reaching over 200 ℃, and can be used normally in various types of feed, especially in high-temperature pellet production.

 

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