DL-Valine ni aside amine y'ingenzi ifite amashami menshi y'ingenzi mu gukora poroteyine no gukora imikorere itandukanye ya metabolic. Ikoreshwa mu buryo butandukanye, harimo n'imirire ya siporo, imiti, n'ibiryo by'amatungo. DL-Valine iboneka mu bwoko bwa D na L, itanga uburyo butandukanye bwo kuyikoresha. Iki gicuruzwa cyiza cyane cyakozwe ku rwego rwo hejuru, kigamije gutuma gikoreshwa mu buryo butandukanye.