Betaine is widely distributed in animals and plants, and its main role is alkali, which can provide highly active methyl donors, improve feed utilization, promote fat metabolism and promote the growth of livestock. As a source of methyl donors, betaine can effectively replace choline and some methionine. Because the methyl group is very unstable, the animal body cannot synthesize it by itself.

Studies have shown that adding betaine to chicken feed can reduce the content of methionine in the feed. Betaine also has the effect of improving car body mass and protecting intestinal epithelial cells.



Benefits of betaine

The benefits of betaine, anti-tumor, lower blood pressure, fight peptic ulcer and gastrointestinal dysfunction, treat liver disease. As a feed additive, it can provide methyl donor function and save some methionine; it has the functions of regulating osmotic pressure in the body, relieving stress, promoting fat metabolism and protein synthesis, increasing lean meat rate and enhancing the efficacy of anticoccidial drugs; Attractant in aquatic animal feed.

The principle of maintaining cell osmotic pressure: When subjected to salt water or alkali stress, a large amount of organic osmotic modifiers (such as betaine) will accumulate in the cytoplasm, while the inorganic osmotic modifiers in the cytoplasm mainly help to squeeze into vacuoles, resulting in Cytoplasm and intracellular vacuoles). While maintaining the osmotic balance, the external environment also avoids the toxic effects of high concentrations of inorganic ions on enzymes and metabolism. The accumulation of betaine under stress conditions is an important physiological phenomenon, which is conducive to the growth of plants under stress conditions.