Property:

white monoclinic or hexagonal crystal, or white crystalline powder. Odorless, with a special sweet taste. Soluble in water, extremely insoluble in ethanol. Almost insoluble in acetone and ether.

Usage:

1. Used in pharmaceutical industry, biochemical test and organic synthesis.

2. Used as buffer, for the preparation of tissue media, copper, gold and silver inspection.

3. Treatment of myasthenia gravis and progressive muscular atrophy;

4. Glycine is mainly used as a nutritional additive for chicken feed.

5. Glycine ethyl ester hydrochloride, an intermediate used in the production of pyrethroid insecticides,

6. Used as a solvent to remove carbon dioxide in the fertilizer industry.

1. Used as a nutritional supplement in the food industry.