Alanine (tseem hu ua 2-aminopropanoic acid, α-aminopropanoic acid) yog ib qho amino acid uas pab lub cev hloov cov piam thaj yooj yim rau hauv lub zog thiab tshem tawm cov co toxins tawm hauv lub siab.Amino acids yog lub tsev blocks ntawm cov proteins tseem ceeb thiab yog tus yuam sij rau kev tsim cov nqaij ntshiv thiab noj qab haus huv.Alanine belongs rau cov amino acids tsis tseem ceeb, uas tuaj yeem tsim los ntawm lub cev.Txawm li cas los xij, tag nrho cov amino acids yuav dhau los ua qhov tseem ceeb yog tias lub cev tsis tuaj yeem tsim lawv.Cov neeg uas noj zaub mov tsis muaj protein ntau lossis kev noj zaub mov tsis zoo, kab mob siab, ntshav qab zib, lossis kab mob caj ces uas ua rau Urea Cycle Disorders (UCDs) yuav tsum tau noj cov tshuaj alanine kom tsis txhob muaj qhov tsis txaus.