Amino Acids

Amino acids (AA) are essential nutrients in a balanced diet and are present in foods in the form of free AA or building blocks of proteins. ^[1] There are 21 kinds of amino acids that make up the boby's protein. Several amino acids that can not be produced by the human body, such as histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan and valine, are considered to be “essential” amino acids. Inadequate regulation of amino acids leads to a host of immune, digestive, and neurological problems. For example, amino acid imbalance can result in faulty serotonin production, thereby leading to depression, or it can result in a deficiency in dopamine, thereby leading to Parkison's disease. Therefore, amino acid testing is important to ensure the food quality and human health.

As a leading global food analysis services company, Alfa Chemistry provides incredible services and credible results. Alfa Chemistry is your one-stop laboratory to test amino acids in foods according to ISO and FDA standards.

The amino acids that we determine are:

Our instrument platforms:

• Automatic amino acid analyzer

• High performance liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry

• Solid NMR spectrometer, etc.

Our advantages:

Reference

• Otter, D. E. (2012). Standardised methods for amino acid analysis of food. British Journal of Nutrition, 108(S2), S230-S237.