Disodium 5'-Inosinate

Chemical properties

white powder

Chemical properties

Disodium 5?-inosinate contains approximately 7.5 molecules of water of crystallization. It is odorless and has characteristic taste. For other details of description, see Disodium 5?-Guanylate.

Occurrence

Reported found in beef, pork, chicken, whale, horse mackerel, sweet fish, common sea bass, pilchard, black sea bream, pike, mackerel, mackerel keta salmon, tuna, globefish, eel, dried bonito and squilla.

The Uses of Disodium 5'-Inosinate

Flavor potentiator in foods. Sodium Inosinate is a salt replacement flavor enhancer. Food additive.

The Uses of Disodium 5'-Inosinate

Disodium 5￠-Inosinate is a flavor enhancer which performs as a disodium guanylate does, but only when present at approximately twice the level. see disodium guanylate.

Definition

A 5 ′ -nucleotide derived from seaweed or dried fish. Sodium guanylate is a by-product.

Preparation

Disodium 5?-inosinate is derived from mineral, animal (meat/fish), vegetable or fungal sources.

Safety Profile

: Moderately toxic by several routes. An experimental teratogen. Mutation data reported. When heated to decomposition it emits toxic fumes of POx, NOx, and NazO.