BCAA Power

What is BCAA Power?

BCAA or branched chain amino acids include isoleucine, leucine, and valine. They are amino acids that the human body needs but cannot synthesize on its own and can only be obtained through external intake. Branched-chain amino acids are essential amino acids and pharmacological nutrients.BCAAs can be catabolized to produce energy, but they can also be used as nutritional signaling molecules with regulatory effects, and play other important biological functions in living organisms.

Green Spring Technology supplies Microencapsulated Branched Chain Amino Acid (2:1:1), which is made from three kinds of branched chain amino acids from plant fermentation source, mixed in the ratio of 2:1:1, and processed by microencapsulation and other techniques, which can achieve rapid dispersion in water, no floating, no precipitation, no need for stirring, and complete instant solubility.

Established in 2000, Green Spring is a leading biotech company in China dedicated to supplying high quality nutritional ingredients, food supplements, and botanical extracts. It organizes its production following ISO, HACCP, and other quality standards and has established a comprehensive traceability system. Green Spring has obtained many certifications such as Halal, Kosher, COSMOS, BRC, IFS, FDA, ISO9001, ISO22000, and so on. We can provide authoritative third-party test reports.

Specification: 

Regulation:

It conforms to EU regulations.

Benefits:

Promotes Muscle Synthesis

BCAA is unique in that it independently stimulates muscle protein synthesis through the insulin pathway, which can produce many intermediates important for cellular metabolism. As a result, BCAAs are rapidly taken up by skeletal muscle, skipping hepatic metabolism, where leucine promotes muscle protein synthesis by activating the central mTOR signaling system. This function is the first of the 

three main functions of BCAAs to be confirmed by research and has received the closest academic attention to its three functions.

Professor Qunying Lei of Fudan University explored this issue. Professor Lei found through his research that adding BCAAs to the diet in moderation can reduce the amount of food eaten and reduce weight gain, which means that it can help in weight loss. However, a long-term high BCAA diet can lead to obesity. The mechanism is insulin resistance caused by activating the mTOR pathway downstream.

Counteracting Muscle Catabolism

Relevant studies have shown that when BCAAs are ingested in the resting state, the rate of protein degradation decreases, and the rate of synthesis increases; when BCAAs are ingested during aerobic exercise, the net protein degradation rate decreases. When exercise is prolonged and intense, the proportion of protein supply also increases, especially during endurance exercise, and the oxidation of branched-chain amino acids in muscle proteins is increased. Prophylactic supplementation with BCAAs may reduce some of this catabolism.

Relieve Exercise Fatigue

Studies have shown that lower concentrations of BCAAs in the blood accelerate the production of the brain neurotransmitter serotonin (or 5-hydroxytryptophan), which can cause premature exercise fatigue and drowsiness. Tryptophan is a precursor to serotonin, and when BCAA levels in the blood are high, they can seize the "channel" where tryptophan is transported to the brain, thus "crowding out" tryptophan and weakening its inhibition of the corresponding receptors in the central nervous system, thus relieving Muscle fatigue.

Immunomodulation

Branched chain amino acids can directly promote the recovery of immune cell function and improve the damaged immune system, as well as improve the nutritional status of patients with cancer and liver disease. Clinically, in some patients with liver disease, nutritional departments use Branched Chain Amino Acids as nutritional supplements to prevent severe negative nitrogen balance. Compared with the metabolism of other amino acids, the initial metabolism of branched-chain amino acids does not take place in the liver, but in the periphery, mainly in the muscles, reducing the burden on the liver. It can also increase the level of protein synthesis in patients with cirrhosis, hepatic encephalopathy, and liver cancer, and improve the nutritional status of patients.

In addition, branched-chain amino acids and aromatic amino acids enter the brain via the same pathway and are in a competitive inhibitory relationship, which can change the level of certain monoamine neurotransmitters in the brain. Because of these metabolic characteristics and physiological effects, it is also used for nutritional support for severe infections and burns.

Applications:

For Healthcare Products:

BCAAs are mainly marketed as fitness supplements with the functions of inhibiting muscle breakdown, increasing muscle synthesis, relieving exercise fatigue, etc. Their effects and safety have been widely recognized by the nutritional community, and BCAAs taken in moderation under normal physical conditions have multiple benefits for the human body. At the same time, in addition to its function as a fitness supplement, which has been widely commercialized, BCAA has also been developed as a potential adjuvant agent for the treatment of liver cancer and malignant plasma disease, with good potential for pharmacological development.

In Pharmaceutical:

Animal experiments and human studies suggest that BCAAs can have beneficial effects when applied to trauma, burns, sepsis, and other critical conditions. It is generally hypothesized that BCAAs act as a fuel to promote muscle and visceral protein synthesis and reduce muscle proteolysis. The administration of solutions high in BCAAs may be of value to patients who are unable to receive nutrients due to transfusions of fluids, blood, antibiotics, and orthotropic substances.