Betaineke mofuta oa tlatsetso e seng ea phepo e nepahetseng, ke eona e tšoanang haholo le limela le liphoofolo tse jang ho latela liphoofolo tsa metsing, lik'hemik'hale tsa lintho tse entsoeng ka maiketsetso kapa tse ntšitsoeng, tse hohelang hangata li entsoe ka metsoako e 'meli kapa ho feta, metsoako ena e na le tšebelisano-'moho le ho fepa liphoofolo tsa metsing, ka monko le tatso ea liphoofolo tsa metsing le tšusumetso ea pono, joalo ka tse bokaneng ho fepa, Potlakisa ho ja lijo le ho eketsa ho ja lijo.

Ho eketsa betaine lijong tsa shrimp ho ka khutsufatsa nako ea ho fepa ea 1/3 ho isa ho 1/2 le ho eketsa ho ja lijo tsa macrobrachium rosenbergii. Lijo tse nang le betaine li bile le phello e totobetseng ea leraba ho carps le li-anteater tse hlaha tse nang le scaly, empa ha lia ka tsa e-ba le phello e totobetseng ea leraba ho carps ea joang. Betaine e ka boela ea ntlafatsa tatso ea li-amino acid tse ling ho litlhapi, le ho ntlafatsa phello ea li-amino acid. Betaine e ka eketsa takatso ea lijo, ea eketsa ho hanyetsa mafu le tšireletso ea 'mele,' me ea buseletsa phokotso ea lijo tsa tlhapi le shrimp tlas'a khatello.

Choline ke phepo ea bohlokoa bakeng sa liphoofolo. E fana ka lihlopha tsa methyl 'meleng ho kenya letsoho liketsong tsa metabolism. Lilemong tsa morao tjena, lithuto li fumane hore betaine e ka boela ea fana ka lihlopha tsa methyl bakeng sa 'mele,' me katleho ea betaine e fanang ka lihlopha tsa methyl e feta ea choline chloride ka makhetlo a 2.3, e leng se etsang hore e be mofani oa methyl o sebetsang haholoanyane. Kamora matsatsi a 150, bolelele ba 'mele ba macrobrachium rosenbergii bo ile ba eketseha ka 27.63% 'me karolelano ea phetoho ea lijo e ile ea fokotseha ka 8% ha betaine e nkeloa sebaka ke choline chloride. Betaine e ka ntlafatsa oxidation ea mafura a acid liseleng, mitochondria, 'me ea ntlafatsa haholo mesifa le sebete sa ketane e telele ea ester acyl carnitine le ketane e telele ea ester acyl carnitine le karolo ea carnitine e lokolohileng, ea khothalletsa ho bola ha mafura, ea fokotsa ho bolokoa ha mafura sebeteng le 'meleng, ea khothalletsa tlhahiso ea protheine, ea aba mafura a' mele hape, ea fokotsa ho ata ha mafura sebeteng.