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Alanine

Drug ingredient

CAS 302-72-7

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 302-72-7
US productionCBI
Import value, 2024$503M
Top sourceChina 25%

At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 292249 · basket

EPA reports by year
2023
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 292249, which covers 170 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 25%ChinaIN 17%IndiaSG 13%SingaporeIT 9%ItalyCH 7%Switzerland
Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)
Emd Holding
13 FDA-registered drug labelers
Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America Inc.
B. Braun Medical Inc.
Baxter Healthcare Company
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Energique, Inc.
Evonik Rexim (Nanning) Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC
ICU Medical Inc.
InLight Creation, LLC.
Liddell Laboratories, Inc.
Nutritional Specialties, Inc.
Shanghai Ajinomoto Amino Acid Co.,Ltd.
Shanghai Plumino Amino Acid Co., Ltd.

Why It Matters

Sectors
HealthCore Chemicals
Downstream Uses

Appears in 16 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Aminosyn-PF
  • •Plenamine
  • •Kabiven
  • •Clinimix
  • •Clinimix E
  • •Clinisol
  • •ProSol
  • •TrophAmine
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  • •Aminosyn II
  • •Metabatone
  • •Vital Skin Hair Nails
  • •Travasol
  • •E.O.L.
  • •Perikabiven
  • •Metab
  • •Premasol - sulfite-free (Amino Acid)
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

  • •Chelating agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$7.00 / 500 g
Purity99%
Vendors31 available

Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.

30 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina → Hong Kong$0.02500 g99%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.021 kg97%
BLD Pharmatech Co., LimitedUnited States$0.031 kg98.5%
BLD Pharmatech GmbHGermany$0.031 kg98.5%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.031 kg98.5%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.031 kg98.5%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.03500 g99%
ChemsceneUnited States$0.051 kg—
Fluorochem EUGermany$0.061 kg97%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.071 kg95%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$0.0710 kg99%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.0710 kg99%
SynthonixUnited States$0.08500 g95%
MedChemExpress MCESweden$0.091 kg98%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.091 kg98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg98%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$0.30500 g98%
Apollo Scientific UKUnited Kingdom$0.4850 g98.5%
AstaTech (2 weeks)United States$3.9625 g98%
MedKoo Biosciences, IncUnited States$50.005 g98%
MolnovaChina$74.00500 mg99%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%
Otava, Ltd.Ukraine$460.00250 mg95%
AA BLOCKS (1 week)United States$600.00500 mg—
A2B Chem LLC (2 weeks)United States$600.00500 mg—
Key Organics Ltd.United Kingdom$740.00100 mg95%
Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC)United States$4200.0050 mg90%
AngeneChina → Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg99%
AsinexNetherlands$6461.40100 mg90%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)United States$32000.0015 mg94%

Chemical Identity

CAS302-72-7
PubChem CIDNot recorded
DTXSIDDTXSID6031255
FormulaC3H7NO2
Mol. Weight89.094 g/mol
SMILESCC(N)C(O)=O

Data Sources

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Brief citations

Alanine (CAS 302-72-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/302-72-7/ EPA TSCA Inventory: CAS 302-72-7. Retrieved 2026-04-29. https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 302-72-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 302-72-7. Retrieved 2026-10-04. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 292249 for CAS 302-72-7. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/