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Home/Compounds/Food Additive/L-threonine
C4H9NO3
119.12 g/mol
Food Additive

L-threonine

CAS72-19-5EC200-774-1
Category
Food Additive
Compound Class
Natural Product
Primary Use
nutritional supplement and flavor additive

L-threonine is an essential amino acid that the body cannot synthesize and must be obtained from the diet. It is commonly used as a nutritional supplement and flavor additive in foods.

nutritional supplementflavor additivebiochemical research

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Referencestereoisomer of

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Identifiers
IUPAC Name

(2S,3R)-2-amino-3-hydroxybutanoic acid

InChIKey

AYFVYJQAPQTCCC-GBXIJSLDSA-N

SMILES

C[C@H]([C@@H](C(=O)O)N)O

Synonyms (62)
  • L-Threonine, European Pharmacopoeia (EP)
  • L-Threonine, United States Pharmacopeia (USP)
  • L-Threonine, from non-animal source, meets EP, JP, USP testing specifications, suitable for cell culture, 99.0-101.0%
  • Threonine (USP)
  • (2S)-threonine
  • (2S,3R)-(-)-Threonine
  • (S)-Threonine
  • 2-Amino-3-hydroxybutanoate
  • 2-Amino-3-hydroxybutyrate
  • 2-amino-3-hydroxybutyric acid
  • H-DL-Thr-OH
  • H-Thr
  • H-Thr-OH
  • L-(U-14C)Threonine
  • L-2-Amino-3-hydroxybutyrate
  • L-Thr-OH
  • L-Threonin
  • L-Threonine (9CI)
  • L-Threonine (H-Thr-OH)
  • L-Threonine (JP18)
  • L-Threonine (Standard)
  • L-Threonine 7425
  • L-Threonine High
  • L-Threonine High 7426
  • L-Threonine non-animal source
  • L-thr
  • L-threonine
  • THREONINE [MART.]
  • Threonin
  • Threonine (L-Threonine)
  • Threonine (VAN)
  • Threonine CRS
  • Threonine, DL-
  • Threonine, L-
  • Threonine, L- (8CI)
  • Threoninum
  • Threoninum [Latin]
  • Treonina
  • Treonina [Spanish]
  • thr
  • thre
  • threonine