Aspartic Acid is a kind of alfa amino acid. Aspartic acid is widespread in the biosynthesis of role. For mammal D-aspartic acid is nonessential,because it can be made from oxaloacetic acid by transamination. For plants and microorganisms D-aspartic acid is the raw material of several kinds of amino acids,like methionine, threonine, isoleucine and lysine.
In medicine, L-Aspartic acid is used as medicine of cardiopathy, hepar function accelerator, ammoniate toxicide, eliminating fatigure agent and the composition of amino acid injection. In industry, it is main material of L-Alanine and Asparagine. In food, it can be used as freshening agent, high sweetness agent of low heat and uncorrosing tooth, and elininating fatigure agent in drink of sports type.