tryptaminen.
/ˈtrɪptəmɪn/ Biochemistry.
An amine, C8H6NCH2CH2NH, related to tryptophan, from which it is produced by decarboxylation and which itself is oxidized to indoleacetic acid.
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1929 R. A. Gortner Outl. Biochem. xx. 445 Tyramine, histamine, and tryptamine, all have a powerful physiological action.
1963 Lancet 19 Jan. 127/1 Indole and tryptamine are formed by the action of bacteria on unabsorbed tryptophan in the colonic lumen.
1980 G. 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].
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