def genAliases(name):
    """ 
    Generates aliases for metabolite names, e.g.:
        
        val --> set(['Val-L', 'Val', 'val', 'val-L'])
    
    """
    name = name.replace('-L','').replace('-l','')
    output = []
    output.append(name)
    output.append(name.lower())
    output.append(name.lower()+'-L')
    output.append(name.lower()+'_L')
    output.append(name.capitalize())
    output.append(name.capitalize()+'-L')
    output.append(name.capitalize()+'_L')
    
    return output