alanine

Pronunciation: /ˈæləniːn/

The English word “alanine” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

A nonessential amino acid 2-aminopropanoic acid found in most animal proteins
A specific residue, molecule, or isomer of this amino acid

Etymology

From aldehyde + -anine, in reference to aldehyde, with the infix -an- for ease of pronunciation, when the German chemist Adolph Strecker first synthesized alanine in 1850 by mixing acetaldehyde (then just known as aldehyde) with ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, and hydrochloric acid.

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Alanic
alaninaemia
alaninamide
alaninate
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Alano Español
alanopine

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