Research and application of amino acid chelates of trace elements at home and abroad

With the deepening of research, people's understanding of the nutritional function and metabolic mode of amino acid chelates has also been continuously improved. Due to the development of animal husbandry, feed additives appear and are widely used, and the research reports on chelates at home and abroad are increasing. 1989 amino acid chelates and complexes containing various metal elements in the official publications of the US Feed Supervision Bureau are called "metal element protein salts". Albion Company, Zinpro Company and Alltech Company of the United States also added various commercial trace element chelates. Universities and research institutions have published many articles.

Teng Bing of Northeastern University in China synthesized and prepared high-purity zinc (Ⅱ) methionine chelate in the laboratory in the late 1980s, and its structure was confirmed to be a chelate by infrared analysis. Yan Lixin and others demonstrated the comprehensive average relative biological titer of various zinc sources in their paper on the nutritional effect of methionine chelated zinc on chicks. The utilization rate of chelated zinc is obviously better than that of zinc sulfate. It shows obvious anti-phytic acid and high calcium side effects. Judging from the activity of serum alkaline phosphatase, zinc content in tibia and wing feathers and zinc deposition rate, zinc methionine chelate is obviously better than zinc sulfate. In 1990s, China's animal nutrition and feed industry showed an obvious increase in interest in trace element amino acid chelates. Many reviews and articles were published to introduce the feed and nutritional functions of trace element amino acid chelates. There are also their own synthetic chelates or patents, or they are provided for animal testing. Harbin, Wuxi, xi, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chengdu, Changsha and other places have launched enterprises of different scales to produce various chelate products and put them on the feed additive market. With China's entry into WTO, the feed chelate industry is also facing competition from foreign counterparts.