Feed methionine is a chemically synthesized amino acid that is of paramount importance for the healthy growth and development of animals and birds. Outwardly, it looks like a white crystalline powder (a mixture of D, L-isomers of alpha-amino-gamma-methylthiobutyric acid), with an active substance concentration of at least 99%. The substance has a specific smell. Soluble in water.
Action
As a result of absorption in the body of animals and birds, it serves as an active donor for methyl groups (as part of S-adenosyl-methionine) during the biosynthesis of choline, adrenaline and other substances. In addition, feed methionine functions as a source of sulfur in the biosynthesis of the most important substance for living organisms – cysteine. Cysteine is necessary for the functioning of digestion, neutralization of toxins, protection from radioactive radiation.
Usage
Agricultural enterprises of the livestock and poultry industries add this substance to premixes, feed mixtures and compound feed. This amino acid stimulates and increases the synthesis of choline (bile), lecithin (a structural component of the cell membrane) and other phospholipids. Helps to reduce the concentration of cholesterol in the blood. Improves the quantitative ratio of phospholipids and cholesterol (which contributes to improved transport of substances). Reduces deposits in the liver of neutral fat and normalizes its functions. Methyl-methionine-sulfonium, which is better known as “vitamin U”, has a significant protective (cytoprotective) effect on the mucous membrane of the stomach and duodenum. Improves healing of ulcerative and erosive lesions of the gastric and duodenal mucosa.
