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Descriptor English: Alanine
Descriptor Spanish: Alanina
Descriptor alanina
Scope note: Aminoácido no esencial que se da en elevadas concentraciones en su estado libre en el plasma. Se produce a partir del piruvato por transaminación. Está implicado en el metabolismo de los azúcares y aminoácidos, aumenta la INMUNIDAD y proporciona energía para el tejido muscular, CEREBRO, y SISTEMA NERVIOSO CENTRAL.
Descriptor Portuguese: Alanina
Descriptor French: Alanine
Entry term(s): Abufène
Alanine, L Isomer
Alanine, L-Isomer
L Alanine
L-Alanine
L-Isomer Alanine
Tree number(s): D12.125.042
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000409
Scope note: A non-essential amino acid that occurs in high levels in its free state in plasma. It is produced from pyruvate by transamination. It is involved in sugar and acid metabolism, increases IMMUNITY, and provides energy for muscle tissue, BRAIN, and the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
Annotation: BETA-ALANINE is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
DE drug effects
DF deficiency
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PH physiology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Registry Number: OF5P57N2ZX
CAS Type 1 Name: (L)-Alanine
DeCS ID: 412
Unique ID: D000409
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/07/05
Alanine - Preferred
Concept UI M0000619
Scope note A non-essential amino acid that occurs in high levels in its free state in plasma. It is produced from pyruvate by transamination. It is involved in sugar and acid metabolism, increases IMMUNITY, and provides energy for muscle tissue, BRAIN, and the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
Preferred term Alanine
Entry term(s) Alanine, L Isomer
Alanine, L-Isomer
L Alanine
L-Alanine
L-Isomer Alanine
Abufène - Narrower
Concept UI M0431875
Preferred term Abufène



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