Cysteine
is a sulfur containing amino acid that derives its uniqueness from chemically
reactive hydroxyl group. It provides stability to proteins through building
disulfide bridges. It is primarily obtained from feathers. Feathers are heated
with hydrochloric acid to obtain cysteine.
It is also extracted from bristles, human hair and hooves of swine. It
has the similar structure as that of serine, but with one of its oxygen-atom is
substituted by sulfur. It is mainly used in the production of cysteine
derivatives S-(carboxymethyl)-L-cysteine and N-acetyl-L-cysteine in the
pharmaceutical industry. It is also employed as processing supplementary for
refolding genetically engineered protein active molecules, such as it is used
in the production of human insulin. Additionally, it is used as anti-aging
agent in the cosmetic industry. Cysteine has various applications for instance
it is used in the production of flavors, used for flouting up the disulfide
bonds in the hair’s keratin, also in the field of personal care.
Based
on production process, cysteine market is segmented into synthetic process and
natural process. Based on grade type, market is segmented into tech grade, food
grade and pharma grade. Based on application, market is segmented into
anti-aging agent, flavor enhancer, conditioner, reducing agent and others. In addition, based on end-use industries,
market is segmented into cosmetic industry, food & dietary supplement
industry, and pharmaceutical industry. In the food & dietary supplement
industry segment, it is used as an intermediate for process flavorings. It is
mainly used in meat flavorings and roast aromas.
The
cysteine market is driven by rise in demand from the bakery industries,
followed by increase in spending power, growth in population, rise in the
consumption of meat, growth in industrialization, increase in awareness about
health and rise in demand from pharmaceutical industries. However, harmful
effects of cysteine on human body and rise in concerns related to animal-sourced
cysteine may impact the market. Moreover, high growth potential in emerging
economies is a key opportunity for market.
Based
on geography, the Asian-Pacific region holds major share in cysteine market
owing to growth in economy and rise in consumption of products in the region.
Whereas, the North-American and European regions are predictable to witness
higher growth rate due to rise in demand for dough conditioning application
along with other applications over the forecast period. In upcoming years, it
is estimated that future of the market will be bright as a result of growth in
improvement in health standards of the customers and rise in expansions by the
key players during the forecast period.
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