I-Betaineuhlobo lwesengezo esingesona esokudla okunempilo, lufana kakhulu nezitshalo nezilwane ezidliwayo ngokusho kwezilwane zasemanzini, okuqukethwe ngamakhemikhali kwezinto zokwenziwa noma ezikhishwe, okuhehayo okuvame ukuba namakhemikhali amabili noma ngaphezulu, lawa makhemikhali anokubambisana kokudla kwezilwane zasemanzini, ngephunga nokunambitheka kwezilwane zasemanzini kanye nokukhuthaza okubonakalayo, njengokuqoqene ukuze kondliwe, Ukusheshisa ukudla nokwandisa ukudla.

Ukwengeza i-betaine ekudleni kwe-shrimp kunganciphisa isikhathi sokudla esingu-1/3 kuya ku-1/2 futhi kwandise ukudla kwe-macrobrachium rosenbergii. Ukudla okuqukethe i-betaine kwaba nomphumela ocacile wokudla kwe-carps kanye ne-wild scaly anteater, kodwa akubanga nomphumela ocacile wokudla kwe-carps yotshani. I-Betaine ingathuthukisa futhi umuzwa wokunambitha kwamanye ama-amino acid ezinhlanzini, futhi ithuthukise umphumela wama-amino acid. I-Betaine ingandisa isifiso sokudla, ithuthukise ukumelana nezifo kanye nokuzivikela komzimba, futhi inciphise ukwehla kokudla kwezinhlanzi kanye ne-shrimp ngaphansi kokucindezeleka.

I-Choline iyisakhi esibalulekile ezilwaneni. Ihlinzeka ngamaqembu e-methyl emzimbeni ukuze ahlanganyele ekuphenduleni kwe-metabolic. Eminyakeni yamuva nje, izifundo zithole ukuthi i-betaine ingahlinzeka nangamaqembu e-methyl emzimbeni, futhi ukusebenza kahle kwe-betaine enikeza amaqembu e-methyl kuphindwe izikhathi ezingu-2.3 kunokwe-choline chloride, okwenza kube ngumnikeli we-methyl osebenza kahle kakhulu. Ngemva kwezinsuku ezingu-150, ubude obujwayelekile bomzimba we-macrobrachium rosenbergii banda ngo-27.63% kanti isilinganiso sokuguqulwa kokudla sehla ngo-8% lapho i-betaine ithathelwa indawo i-choline chloride. I-Betaine ingathuthukisa ukushiswa kwama-fatty acids kumaseli, i-mitochondria, futhi ithuthukise kakhulu imisipha nesibindi sokuqukethwe kwe-ester acyl carnitine yeketanga elide kanye ne-ester acyl carnitine yeketanga elide kanye nesilinganiso se-carnitine yamahhala, ikhuthaze ukubola kwamafutha, inciphise ukufakwa kwamafutha esibindini nasemzimbeni, ikhuthaze ukwakheka kwamaprotheni, isabalalise kabusha amafutha emzimbeni, inciphise ukwanda kwesibindi esinamafutha.