Glycine

(in 4,253 products)

1. Antistatic Agent - Reduces or eliminates the build up of static electricity.

2. Biologics - Biological components such as amino acids and its derivatives which modifies certain functions

3. Dietary / Nutritional Supplement - Vitamins, minerals, proteins, fatty acids or probiotics that improves nutritional intake

4. Flavor / Flavoring / Flavor Enhancer - Provides or enhances a particular taste or smell.

Helps trigger the release of oxygen to the energy-requiring cell-making process; Important in the manufacturing of hormones responsible for a strong immune system. Glycine is a non-essential, non-polar, non-optical, glucogenic amino acid. Glycine, an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the CNS, triggers chloride ion influx via ionotropic receptors, thereby creating an inhibitory post-synaptic potential. In contrast, this agent also acts as a co-agonist, along with glutamate, facilitating an excitatory potential at the glutaminergic N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) receptors. Glycine is an important component and precursor for many macromolecules in the cells. [1]

1. PubChem: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/750

1. US FDA Food Additives Status List [2018]

- Amino Acids

2. Japan’s List of Designated Food Additives under Article 10 of the Food Sanitation Act

- Glycine