Inositol's application in the pharmaceutical, food and feed industries

Asia Bio-Pharmaceutical Research Institute
Submitted by xulijin on Thu, 10/17/2019 - 02:56

1. Pharmaceutical industry
Inositol can be used to produce inositol tablets, nicotinic acid inositol, pulse, triglycerides, for the treatment of hepatitis, cirrhosis, fatty liver and hypercholesterolemia in the blood.
2. Food industry
Inositol is a kind of “biotin” that participates in metabolic activities in the body. It has many functions such as immunization, prevention and treatment of certain diseases. It can be used in the fermentation and food industry for the cultivation of various strains and the promotion of yeast. Growth, high-grade animals, if lack of inositol, will appear growth stagnation and hair loss, the body's daily demand for inositol is l-2g, many health drinks and children's foods are added with a small amount of inositol.
3. Feed industry
The addition of inositol to the feed promotes livestock growth and prevents death, usually from 0.2% to 0.5% of the feed. In Japan, only the inositol consumption of animals is more than 100t per year.