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Product Name£ºVitasweet®
L-Phenylalanine
Chemical Name£ºL-¦Á-Amino-b-phenylpropionic
acid
Synonyms£ºL-Phenylalanine,
beta-phenylalanine, alpha-aminohydrocinnamic acid
(S)-2-amino-3- phenylpropanoic
acid
Molecular Formula£º
C9H11NO2
Structural Formula£º
Molecular Weight£º
165.19
Melting
Point: 270-275 ¡ãC
Decomposition:
0.273 ¡ãC
Density:
1.29 g /cm-3
Water
Solubility: slight
Code£º
GB/T 14156-93(I
1350)
C.A.S. Number£º
63-91-2
Characteristics
White crystalline
powder.
Stable in the air
under heat and light.
An aromatic,
biologically active amino acid.
One of 20 amino
acids that constitute the body (see bottom for details).
One of 8 essential
amino acids, not synthesized naturally in the body (see
bottom for details).
A protein amino
acid being physiologically involved in protein synthesis in
the body.
Used in all kinds
of foods and beverages as a L-phenylalanine
nutrition enhancer.
The precursor of
L-tyrosine via the enzyme L-phenylalanine hydroxylase.
May be used
as a nutritional supplement.
May be used as oral
amino acid or amino acid injection
May be used as
pharmaceutical intermediates
May be used as
antidepressant for treatment of depression
May be used for
treatment of vitiligo
Mainly used as the
key material with L-aspartic acid to make Aspartame, a
dipeptide sweetener
(Note: So far,
approximate 500 kinds of amino
acids have been found in nature,
20 of them constitute the body, including:
Alanine,
Arginine, Asparagine, Aspartic acid, Cysteine, Glutamate,
Glutamine, Glycine,
Histidine, Isoleucine,
Leucine, Lysine, Methionine,
Phenylalanine, Proline, Serine, Threonine,
Tryptophan,Tyrosine
and Valine.
Complex combinations of these 20 amino acids produce as many
as 100,000 kinds of various proteins. Among the 20 amino
acids which constitute the body,
8 amino acids (italic ones) are not synthesized naturally in
the body, which are called essential amino acids.)
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L-phenylalanine
