Sodium phytate

Sodium phytate is an organic sodium salt, a white hygroscopic powder, easily soluble in water, and its aqueous solution has strong alkalinity. Sodium phytate contains more sodium ions and can be used as a dyeing accelerator for active dyes, and has a certain alkalinity and can be used as a fixing agent for active dyes. Phytic acid/sodium phytate is widely present in cereals, beans and oil crops, and is widely used. In the food industry, it can be used as a food antioxidant, antibacterial agent, color protectant, chelating agent and preservative. Sodium phytate is prone to hydrolysis under certain conditions, and hydrolysis can generate sodium inositol pentaphosphate, sodium inositol tetraphosphate, sodium inositol triphosphate, sodium inositol diphosphate, sodium inositol phosphate and inositol. Among them, inositol triphosphate has the effect of signal transduction in animal and plant cells; inositol has the effect of anti-cancer and anti-aging. Due to its strong chelating ability, sodium phytate is easy to combine with metal ions such as calcium and magnesium to form a chelate, and the formed complex is highly stable, and has a wide range of application value in food, medicine, daily chemicals and other industries.
Application Sodium phytate, also known as sodium inositol hexaphosphate, is a white powder at room temperature and is easily soluble in water. Its parent phytic acid (inositol hexaphosphate) is an organic phosphate compound widely found in plant seeds, grains, germs and rice bran. Phytic acid and its sodium salt have strong metal chelating ability and are rare metal multi-dentate chelating agents. This is because the main functional group of phytic acid and its sodium salt is a six-membered ring structure with 24 oxygen atoms, 12 hydroxyl groups and 6 phosphate groups. When encountering metals, it is easy to form multiple chelate rings, and the formed complex is highly stable. Therefore, phytic acid and its sodium salt have a wide range of application value in food, medicine, daily chemical and other industries.