| 释义 |
tryptamine Biochem.|ˈtrɪptəmɪn|
[f. tryptophan + amine.]
An amine, C8H6NCH2CH2NH, related to tryptophan, from which it is produced by decarboxylation and which itself is oxidized to indoleacetic acid.
1929R. A. Gortner Outl. Biochem. xx. 445 Tyramine, histamine, and tryptamine, all have a powerful physiological action. 1963Lancet 19 Jan. 127/1 Indole and tryptamine are formed by the action of bacteria on unabsorbed tryptophan in the colonic lumen. 1980G. Guroff Molecular Neurobiol. ix. 127 An overload of tryptophan and/or an amine oxidase inhibitor is required to produce pharmacological evidence for tryptamine formation [in brain tissue]. |