methionine
Drug ingredientThis chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.
Where It Comes From
22 FDA-registered drug labelers
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America Inc.
B. Braun Medical Inc.
Baxter Healthcare Company
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
BioActive Nutritional, Inc.
Deseret Biologicals, Inc.
Dr. Donna Restivo DC
Energique, Inc.
Evonik Rexim (Nanning) Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC
Guna spa
ICU Medical Inc.
InLight Creation, LLC.
KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO., LTD.
Liddell Laboratories, Inc.
NURAY CHEMICALS PRIVATE LIMITED
Nutritional Specialties, Inc.
Professional Complementary Health Formulas
Spectrum Laboratory Products, Inc.
STHREE CHEMICALS PRIVATE LIMITED
Willow Birch Pharma, LLC
Why It Matters
Sectors
Health
Downstream Uses
Appears in 25 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Aminosyn-PF
- •Metalogin
- •Plenamine
- •Kabiven
- •Clinimix
- •Clinimix E
- •Clinisol
- •Metox
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- •L-Methionine High 7418
- •ProSol
- •TrophAmine
- •Aminosyn II
- •Metabatone
- •Vital Skin Hair Nails
- •L-Methionine 7417
- •Osteobios
- •Travasol
- •Methylation Assist Liquescence
- •E.O.L.
- •Perikabiven
- •Free Radical
- •MetDetox
- •SAMe Liquescence 3036
- •Metab
- •Premasol - sulfite-free (Amino Acid)
FDA Shortage Status
Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."
No FDA shortage records
Vendor Pricing
$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$7.00 / 500 g
Purity95%
Vendors31 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
30 more vendors
| Vendor | Country Supplier country. Where available, shows shipping origin. When the supplier ships from a different country than where they are registered, both are shown. Most suppliers show registration country only. | $/g | Pack | Purity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $0.02 | 500 g | 99% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.03 | 1 kg | 95% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.03 | 1 kg | 98% |
| BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited | United States | $0.03 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.03 | 1 kg | 98% |
| BLD Pharmatech GmbH | Germany | $0.04 | 1 kg | 98% |
| BLD Pharmatech Ltd. | China | $0.04 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Chemscene | United States | $0.05 | 1 kg | — |
| Acrotein ChemBio, Inc. | United States | $0.06 | 500 g | — |
| Synthonix | United States | $0.06 | 500 g | 95% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.06 | 10 kg | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.06 | 10 kg | 99% |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.11 | 100 g | 95% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.14 | 500 g | 95% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.18 | 500 g | 99% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.35 | 500 g | 99% |
| MedKoo Biosciences, Inc | United States | $0.56 | 1 kg | 98% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $0.87 | 100 g | 98% |
| AstaTech (2 weeks) | United States | $6.00 | 5 g | 98% |
| Interbioscreen | Hong Kong | $24.00 | 10 g | 95% |
| Molnova | China | $74.00 | 500 mg | 99% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| Vitas M Chemical Limited | Hong Kong | $390.00 | 500 mg | 90% |
| Otava, Ltd. | Ukraine | $460.00 | 250 mg | 95% |
| Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC) | United States | $2900.00 | 100 mg | 90% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 99% |
| Asinex | Netherlands | $6461.40 | 100 mg | 90% |
| Key Organics Ltd. | United Kingdom | $6900.00 | 10 mg | 98% |
| TimTec, LLC (back-ordered) | United States | $32000.00 | 15 mg | 94% |
Chemical Identity
CAS63-68-3
PubChem CID6137
DTXSIDDTXSID5040548
FormulaC5H11NO2S
Mol. Weight149.21 g/mol
SMILESCSCCC(C(=O)O)N
Data Sources
61372026-04-07
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/name/methionine/cids/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_name/methionine.json
CAS 63-68-32026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory
Archive: data/sources/tsca/tsca_inventory.csv
bulk match2026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json