tryptophan

Essential amino acid; precursor of serotonin. Ingestion of contaminated supplementary L-tryptophan was associated with epidemic of eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome in 1989.

Related

eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome (EMS) tryptophan metabolism tryptophan residue (Trp, W)

General

aromatic amino acid essential amino acid indole

Properties

Database Correlations

PUBCHEM correlations KEGG correlations

References

Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed) Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 783-84

Component-of

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