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Glycine CAS NO 56-40-6 for Pharma Grade (USP/EP/BP)

Product Name:Glycine
CAS NO.: 56-40-6
Appearance:White crystalline powder
Product Properties: Sweet taste, easily soluble in water, slightly soluble in methanol and ethanol, insoluble in acetone and ether, melting point: between 232-236℃(decomposition).
Packing:25kg/bag , 25kg/drum or as per customer’s requirement


  • Product Name:: Glycine
  • CAS NO.: : 56-40-6
  • Product Detail

    Usage:

    Glycine (Abbreviated Gly) is one of the 20 amino acids. It is widely used in the pharmaceutical, feed and food processing industries.
    As food additive, it is mainly used as flavoring, sweetener and nutritional supplement. It is also added in butter, cheese and margarine for prolonging the storage life.
    As feed additive, it is added in the feed for increasing the appetites for the poultry and the domestic animals, especially for pets.

    As pharmaceutical intermediate, Glycine is used as the raw material of cephalosporin, aureomycin buffer, VB6 and Threonine etc. and the intermediate of thiamphenicol . When Glycine is used in combination with aspirin, it can reduce irritation to the stomach. Glycine is also used in amino acid injection solution as nutritional infusion.

    Glycine is also the main raw material for the synthesis of the herbicide Glyphosate.

    1. Tech-Grade
    (1) Used as a solvent for removing CO2 in the fertilizer industry, as an additive to the galvanizing solution.
    (2) Used as a PH regulator
    (3) Used as a key raw material for Herbicide Glyphosate.

    2. Food/Feed Grade
    (1) Used as a flavoring, sweetener and nutritional supplement. Applied in alcoholic beverage, animal and plant food processing, for the making of salted vegetables and sweet jams.
    (2) As an additive for the making of salted sauce, vinegar and fruit juice, in order to improve the flavor and the taste of food and increase the nutrition of food.
    (3) As a preservative for fish flakes and peanut jams and stabilizer for cream, cheese etc.
    (4) As a buffering agent for the taste of edible salt and vinegar.
    (5) Used as a feed additive to increase the appetites for the poultry and the domestic animals, especially for pets.

    3.Pharm Grade
    (1) Used in amino acid injection solution as nutritional infusion.
    (2) Used as a supplemental medicine to treat myasthenia progressive and pseudo hypertrophic muscular dystrophy.
    (3) Used as acid-making agent to treat neural hyperacidity and gastric ulcer hyperacidity.

    Specifications

    ITEM EP7.0 BP2007 USP39
    Appearance White crystalline powder White crystalline powder
    Appearance of solution clear clear
    Identification test(first A, second B,C) A Up to S. Up to S.
    B Up to S. Up to S.
    C Up to S. Up to S.
    Identification test (Infrared spectrum test) Up to S.
    Ninhydrin-positive substances Up to S. Up to S.
    Assay 98.5-101.0% 98.5-101.0% 98.5-101.5%
    Chloride ≤0.0075% ≤0.0075% ≤0.007%
    Heavy metals(as Pb) ≤0.001% ≤0.001% ≤0.002%
    Sulfate ≤0.0065%
    PH Value 5.9 ~ 6.4 5.9 ~ 6.4
    Loss on drying ≤0.5% ≤0.5% ≤0.2%
    Residue on ignition ≤0.1%
    Readily hydrolysable substances Up to S.

    CAS-56-40-6-11 CAS-56-40-6-21


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