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V900470

L-Tryptophan

≥98%, Vetec™

Synonym(s):

(S)-2-Amino-3-(3-indolyl)propionic acid, L-α-Amino-3-indolepropionic acid

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C11H12N2O2
CAS Number:
73-22-3
Molecular Weight:
204.23
UNSPSC Code:
12352209
PubChem Substance ID:
329829871
EC Number:
200-795-6
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
86197
MDL number:
MFCD00064340

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Product Name

L-Tryptophan, Vetec™, reagent grade, ≥98%

assay

≥98%

form

powder

InChI key

QIVBCDIJIAJPQS-VIFPVBQESA-N

InChI

1S/C11H12N2O2/c12-9(11(14)15)5-7-6-13-10-4-2-1-3-8(7)10/h1-4,6,9,13H,5,12H2,(H,14,15)/t9-/m0/s1

SMILES string

N[C@@H](Cc1c[nH]c2ccccc12)C(O)=O

grade

reagent grade

product line

Vetec™

color

white to off-white

mp

280-285 °C (dec.) (lit.)

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Other Notes

Amino acid precursor of serotonin and melatonin

Legal Information

Vetec is a trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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Dirk E M Geurts et al.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 33(48), 18932-18939 (2013-11-29)
Adaptive decision-making involves interaction between systems regulating Pavlovian and instrumental control of behavior. Here we investigate in humans the role of serotonin in such Pavlovian-instrumental transfer in both the aversive and the appetitive domain using acute tryptophan depletion, known to
Kei Hiruma et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(23), 9589-9594 (2013-05-23)
The hypersensitive response (HR) is a type of strong immune response found in plants that is accompanied by localized cell death. However, it is unclear how HR can block a broad range of pathogens with different infective modes. In this
George Anderson et al.
Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry, 42, 101-114 (2012-08-30)
Schizophrenia and depression are two common and debilitating psychiatric conditions. Up to 61% of schizophrenic patients have comorbid clinical depression, often undiagnosed. Both share significant overlaps in underlying biological processes, which are relevant to the course and treatment of both
Heidi Barth et al.
Critical reviews in microbiology, 40(4), 360-368 (2012-11-24)
Indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is an enzyme that catabolises tryptophan - an essential amino acid critical for T cell proliferation. Initially recognized as a first line of host defense against infectious pathogens, IDO has been subsequently identified as an important immune-regulator inhibiting
George Anderson et al.
Advances in protein chemistry and structural biology, 88, 27-48 (2012-07-21)
A recent study--comparing those with depression, somatization, comorbid depression+somatization, and controls--showed specific changes in the tryptophan catabolite (TRYCAT) pathway in somatization, specifically lowered tryptophan and kynurenic acid, and increased kynurenine/kynurenic acid (KY/KA) and kynurenine/tryptophan ratios. These findings suggest that somatization
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