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What 's the Betaine Powder?
Betaine, also known as betaine, is a quaternary ammonium derivative of glycine and is a type of nitrogen methyl compound or trimethyl compound formed after the hydrogen on the amino acid amino group is replaced by a methyl group. inner salt. Common ones are glycyl betaine, beta-alanyl betaine and prolyl betaine. Prismatic crystals or leaf-shaped crystals obtained from ethanol, with a sweet taste and easy to deliquescence. Melting point is 293°C, decomposes at 300°C, soluble in water, methanol and ethanol, hardly soluble in ether, can be isomerized to methyl dimethylaminoacetate at melting point, from free acid HO-N(CH3)3-CH2COOH The monohydrate crystal can be obtained in the aqueous solution, and it loses water at 100°C to form betaine, which is stable in acid. The role of trimethylamine with concentrated potassium hydroxide aqueous solution. Produce Maillard reaction (browning reaction) with sugar. It is found in plants such as beetroot and cottonseed, and in animal substances such as the meat of spiny sharks and crab sperm juice.
