L-Theanine Pharma Grade

1, the food sector

Theanine as a kind of new food additives, has been in Europe and the United States, Japan, Taiwan and other countries and regions are widely used. Theanine has good processing properties and stability (usually food processing conditions, such as sterilization, pH and heating, etc.), so the application range is very wide. Japan has developed add theanine chocolate, jelly, pudding, chewing gum, health care tea and all kinds of cool and refreshing drinks. In summary, theanine is mainly used in the following areas:

(1), as the quality of the tea beverage ingredients: in the process of tea beverage production to add a certain amount of theanine, can significantly improve the quality and flavor of the tea beverage.

(2), as to improve the flavor of food additives: research has shown that theanine can improve coffee, cocoa, ginseng beverage, the bitter taste of grapefruit drinks, beer, etc, reduce the astringency of wine, therefore, can be used as a modifier of the food flavor.

(3), can be used as functional food additives: theanine has enhanced the strength of the alpha brain, make the person produces light touch and improve memory effect, and has set up a test through the human body. In the future, therefore, can be used as functional ingredients are added to the food, develop relieve nervous tension and educational functional food.

(4), can be used as a "emotion" food additives: according to Britain's the independent newspaper reported in 2007, in relief appeared on the list of products a new word, it is "mood foods (mood food". These foods rich in Europe microphones more latter 3 fatty acids, gamma-aminobutyric acid l-theanine, B vitamins and phosphatidylserine several "stress factor", in the UK, including the famous PG Tips tea bags manufacturers products are marked contains l-theanine.

2, the field of pharmaceutical intermediates

Theanine application in medical field are mainly concentrated in the following aspects:

(1), theanine can be used as anticancer drugs. Animal experiments proved that theanine can metastatic tumors in mice have delay effect, can prolong the survival time of leukemia mice.

(2), theanine could be used to antihypertensive drugs. Animal experiments showed that feeding high dose of theanine, artificially boost rat systolic pressure, diastolic pressure, has the obvious decline.

(3), theanine can be used in the sedative narcotics. In addition theanine has been as effective components in sedative, for Parkinson's disease, dementia, conduct nerve dysfunction disease prevention effect.