Glycine (Glycine, abbreviated as Gly) is also known as glycine. Its chemical formula is C2H5NO2. It is a white solid at room temperature and pressure. It is the simplest structure in the amino acid series. It is an unnecessary amino acid for the human body. Functional group, which can be ionized in water, has strong hydrophilicity, but it is a non-polar amino acid, soluble in polar solvents, but difficult to dissolve in non-polar solvents, and has a higher boiling point and melting point. The regulation of sex can make glycine take on different molecular forms.
The function of glycine:
1. Nutritional supplements
2. It has a certain inhibitory effect on the reproduction of Bacillus subtilis and E. coli
3. Antioxidant effect
4. Used as a buffer
5. Treatment of myasthenia gravis and progressive muscle atrophy
6. Used as biochemical reagent and solvent in biochemistry