Phytic acid

Chemical properties

colourless to pale yellow liquid

Originator

Rencal, Squibb, US ,1962

The Uses of Phytic acid

The principal storage form of phosphorus in many plant tissues, especially bran and seeds. It has antioxidant effect as well as neuroprotective effect by chelating iron. Inositol hexakisphosphate kina se type 2 (InsP6K2), which converts phytic acid to inositol pyrophosphate diphosphoinositol pentakisphosphate, is believed to induce pathogenesis of Huntington disease (HD).

The Uses of Phytic acid

A compound which inhibits cell differentiation and cell proliferation.

The Uses of Phytic acid

phytic acid is used to help maintain product stability. Its therapeutic activities are said to include skin-lightening, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties. It is naturally occurring in grains, seeds, and beans.

What are the applications of Application

Phytic acid solution is a compound which inhibits cell differentiation and cell proliferation

Definition

ChEBI: A myo-inositol hexakisphosphate in which each hydroxy group of myo-inositol is monophosphorylated.

Manufacturing Process

Cereal grains are particularly rich in phytates; corn steep water produced in the wet milling of corn, is one of the best sources of such material. To recover the phytate from corn steep water it is customary to neutralize the same withan alkaline material, suitably lime, causing the phytate to precipitate as a crude salt which can be removed readily by filtration. This material contains substantial amounts of magnesium, even though lime may have been employed as precipitant, and traces of other metallic ions, as well as some proteinaceous materials and other contaminants from the steep water. It may be partially purified by dissolving in acid and reprecipitating but, nevertheless, such commercial phytates do not represent pure salts. They always contain some magnesium, appreciable amounts of iron and nitrogenous materials, and traces of heavy metals, such as copper.
Heretofore, no economical method for preparing pure phytic acid was known. The classical method was to dissolve calcium phytate in an acid such as hydrochloric acid, and then add a solution of a copper salt, such as copper sulfate to precipitate copper phytate. The latter was suspended in water and treated with hydrogen sulfide, which formed insoluble copper sulfide and released phytic acid to the solution. After removing the copper sulfide by filtration, the filtrate was concentrated to yield phytic acid as a syrup.
The phytic acid in the form of a calcium phytate press cake may however be contacted with a cation exchange resin to replace the calcium with sodium to yield phytate sodium.

Therapeutic Function

Hypocalcemic

General Description

Phytic acid is a mineral chelator that can bind to minerals to form mineral-phytate complex.It can also complex with metal ions bound to the surface of magnesium alloy to form a conversion coating, which can improve the resistance of magnesium alloy towards corrosion.

Agricultural Uses

Phytic acid is inositol hexaphosphoric acid which exists in several stereoisomers. It is a source of phosphorus compounds for seeds and young plants.

Safety Profile

Poison by intravenous route. When heated to decomposition it emits toxic fumes of POx.