alanineiksi
Alanineiksi is a Finnish translative plural form of the noun alanine. In scientific and biochemical Finnish, it is used to indicate a transformation into alanine or to designate substances as alanine when referring to multiple alanine units. The translative case in Finnish marks change of state or result, and the suffix -iksi is used for plural subjects, which is why alanineiksi appears in contexts describing several molecules being converted to alanine or identified as alanine.
Alanine is a nonessential α-amino acid with a methyl side chain, one of the 20 standard amino
Usage notes: alanineiksi is a grammatical form rather than a chemical term. In Finnish, the amino acid
See also: alanine, amino acids, Finnish grammar, translative case.