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phenylalanine

phenylalanine

See also: phénylalanine

English

Noun

phenylalanine ‎(countable and uncountable, plural phenylalanines)

(biochemistry) An essential amino acid C₉H₁₁NO₂ found in most animal proteins; it is essential for growth; the inability to metabolize it leads to phenylketonuria; it is a constituent of aspartame.

Related terms

phenylalanyl

Synonyms

Phe

Translations

amino acid; C₉H₁₁NO₂

Chinese:
Mandarin: 苯丙氨酸 (zh) ‎(běnbǐng ānsuān)
Czech: fenylalanin m
Danish: fenylalanin
Finnish: fenyylialaniini (fi)
French: phénylalanine (fr) f
Galician: fenilalanina f
German: Phenylalanin (de) n

Greek: φαινυλαλανίνη (el) f ‎(fainylalaníni)
Hungarian: fenil-alanin
Japanese: フェニルアラニン ‎(feniruaranin)
Polish: fenyloalanina f
Portuguese: fenilalanina f
Romanian: fenilalanină f
Russian: фенилалани́н m ‎(fenilalanín)
Spanish: fenilalanina f
Swedish: fenylalanin (sv)