tryptamine
- noun
- /ˈtrɪp.təˌmiːn/
- Specialized
- Tryptamine is a chemical compound that plays an important role in the synthesis of tryptamine derivatives.
He was given LSD and he was also given alpha methyl tryptamine.
- He was given LSD and he was also given alpha methyl tryptamine.
- So you get tryptophan, you remove the carboxyl group, you get tryptamine.
- It could be a tryptamine like psilocybin or it could be like a phenethylamine like mescaline, which has very different effects.
Examples
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Research shows that tryptamine derivatives can have significant effects on mood and cognition.
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These molecules are rich in guiding clinical decisions regarding other tryptamine compounds.
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So whatever is the trauma inside diameter, tryptamine is there to solve it, to go to the trauma, and whatever that was doesn't matter.
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Berserman, They were the ones who actually developed the whole group of the tryptamine derivatives DMTDETDPT.
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Some valleys and some poppers, a few weird tryptamines.
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Now those tryptamines are taken through the nose because they are orally inactive, as they are denatured by an enzyme found naturally in the human stomach, monoamine oxidase.
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Some plants contain tryptamine, which is related to various psychological effects in humans.
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Morphology
Etymology
Tryptamine comes from tryptophan, a common amino acid found in food and the body, plus the ending -amine, meaning 'a nitrogen chemical'. So tryptamine is basically the amine form of tryptophan, which helps explain why it is a small chemical found in plants and animals and is related to brain chemicals.