 Tryptophan
"Tryptophan" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An essential amino acid that is necessary for normal growth in infants and for NITROGEN balance in adults. It is a precursor of INDOLE ALKALOIDS in plants. It is a precursor of SEROTONIN (hence its use as an antidepressant and sleep aid). It can be a precursor to NIACIN, albeit inefficiently, in mammals.
| Descriptor ID |
D014364
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.125.072.050.850 D12.125.142.875
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| Concept/Terms |
Tryptophan- Tryptophan
- Levotryptophan
- L-Tryptophan
- L Tryptophan
Ardeydorm- Ardeydorm
- Ardeytropin
- Ardeypharm Brand of Tryptophan
L-Tryptophan-ratiopharm- L-Tryptophan-ratiopharm
- L Tryptophan ratiopharm
- Ratiopharm Brand of Tryptophan
- ratio-Tryptophan
- ratio Tryptophan
PMS-Tryptophan- PMS-Tryptophan
- PMS Tryptophan
- Pharmascience Brand of Tryptophan
Trofan- Trofan
- Upsher-Smith Brand of Tryptophan
Optimax- Optimax
- Merck Brand of Tryptophan
Lyphan- Lyphan
- Naturruhe
- esparma Brand of Tryptophan
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tryptophan" by people in Profiles.
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Denburg MR, Xu Y, Abraham AG, Coresh J, Chen J, Grams ME, Feldman HI, Kimmel PL, Rebholz CM, Rhee EP, Vasan RS, Warady BA, Furth SL. Metabolite Biomarkers of CKD Progression in Children. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 08; 16(8):1178-1189.
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Savitz J, Ford BN, Yeh HW, Akeman E, Cosgrove K, Clausen AN, Martell C, Kirlic N, Santiago J, Teague TK, Irwin MR, Paulus MP, Aupperle RL. Behavioral activation therapy for depression is associated with a reduction in the concentration of circulating quinolinic acid. Psychol Med. 2022 10; 52(13):2500-2509.
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Bradley T, Yang G, Ilkayeva O, Holl TM, Zhang R, Zhang J, Santra S, Fox CB, Reed SG, Parks R, Bowman CM, Bouton-Verville H, Sutherland LL, Scearce RM, Vandergrift N, Kepler TB, Moody MA, Liao HX, Alam SM, McLendon R, Everitt JI, Newgard CB, Verkoczy L, Kelsoe G, Haynes BF. HIV-1 Envelope Mimicry of Host Enzyme Kynureninase Does Not Disrupt Tryptophan Metabolism. J Immunol. 2016 12 15; 197(12):4663-4673.
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Sreejith RK, Yadav VN, Varshney NK, Berwal SK, Suresh CG, Gaikwad SM, Pal JK. Conformational characterization of human eukaryotic initiation factor 2alpha: a single tryptophan protein. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2009 Dec 11; 390(2):273-9.
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Isaac VE, Patel L, Curran T, Abate-Shen C. Use of fluorescence resonance energy transfer to estimate intramolecular distances in the Msx-1 homeodomain. Biochemistry. 1995 Nov 21; 34(46):15276-81.
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