Phytic acid / Inositol Hexaphosphorice acid/IP6

Usage

• Phytic Acid can prevent acute alcohol poisoning. Phytic Acid is used in food processing industry to reduce fermentation time and  to prevent the change of properties or colors and oxidation in foods and wines due to its powerful chelating function.
• For industrial applications, Phytic Acid is widely used as the additive of metal coating and cleaning,as corrosion inhibitor for metal surface, desensitizers in ink, hard water treatment agent, gathering of rare earth and precious metals, antiknocking agent,  antioxidant,  preservative, and stabilizer.

Phytic Acid or myo-inositol hexakisphosphate is a common constituent of plants;  Phytic Acid is stored largely as a complex salt of Mg2+, K+, together with proteins within subcelllular single-membrane particles in grains and seeds. This molecule is an inhibitor of mineral absorption because the negative charges of the phosphate groups form insoluble salts upon interaction with di- and trivalent cations. Phytate thus causes deficiencies in minerals such as Ca, Fe and Zn when present in excess in the human diet (Maga 1982 ). To improve mineral bioavailability, PA levels may be decreased by phytase, an enzyme that catalyzes the stepwise hydrolysis of phytate to phosphate and inositol via penta- to monophosphates.