Betainese sebedisoang joalo ka sekgahla sa phepo bakeng sa diphoofolo tsa metsing.

Ho ea ka mehloli ea linaha tse ling, ho eketsa 0.5% ho 1.5% betaine lijong tsa litlhapi ho na le phello e matla e susumetsang maikutlo a monko le a monate a li-crustaceans tsohle tse kang litlhapi le shrimp. E na le khoheli e matla ea ho fepa, e ntlafatsa tatso ea lijo, e khutsufatsa nako ea ho fepa, e khothalletsa tšilo ea lijo le ho monya, e potlakisa ho hōla ha litlhapi le li-shrimp, le ho qoba tšilafalo ea metsi e bakoang ke litšila tsa lijo.

Betaineke ntho e sireletsang bakeng sa ho feto-fetoha ha khatello ea osmotic mme e ka sebetsa joalo ka mosireletsi oa sele osmotic. E ka ntlafatsa mamello ea lisele tsa likokoana-hloko ho komello, mongobo o phahameng, letsoai le phahameng, le libaka tse phahameng tsa osmotic, ho thibela tahlehelo ea metsi le ho kena ha letsoai, ho ntlafatsa ts'ebetso ea pompo ea Na K ea lisele tsa lisele, ho tsitsisa ts'ebetso ea enzyme le ts'ebetso ea macromolecule ea likokoana-hloko, ho laola lisele tsa osmotic khatello le ion ho leka-lekana, ho boloka limatlafatsi tse monyang, le ho matlafatsa li-shrimp tse ling tlas'a khatello ea osmotic. liphetoho tse khōlō, mamello ea bona ea eketseha 'me lebelo la bona la ho phela lea eketseha.

 Betainee ka boela ea fana ka lihlopha tsa methyl 'meleng,' me katleho ea eona ea ho fana ka lihlopha tsa methyl ke makhetlo a 2.3 a choline chloride, e leng se etsang hore e be mofani oa methyl ea sebetsang haholoanyane. Betaine e ka ntlafatsa ts'ebetso ea oxidation ea mafura a acid ka seleng ea mitochondria, e eketsa haholo litaba tsa ketane e telele ea acyl carnitine le karo-karolelano ea ketane e telele ea acyl carnitine ho lokolla carnitine ka har'a mesifa le sebete, ho khothalletsa ho bola ha mafura, ho fokotsa mafura sebeteng le 'meleng, ho khothalletsa protheine synthesis, ho fokotsa sekhahla sa mafura a sebete, le ho fokotsa mafura a mafura.