L-​Alanine

Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 56-41-7
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$503M
Top SourceChina 25%

The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 292249 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 292249, which covers 42 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 25%ChinaIN 17%IndiaSG 13%SingaporeIT 9%ItalyCH 7%Switzerland
EPA-registered importers (2)
Basf Se · DE Germany
Basf

Why It Matters

Sectors
HealthMetals & Mining
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

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

  • Intermediate in OtherProcessing as a reactant

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

CAS56-41-7
PubChem CID5950
DTXSIDDTXSID20873899
FormulaC3H7NO2
Mol. Weight89.09 g/mol
SMILESCC(C(=O)O)N

Data Sources

DTXSID208738992026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

59502026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/5950/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/5950.json

56-41-72026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 56-41-72026-04-25

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv