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tryptamine

tryptamine

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A substance in plants and animals that affects brain signals and that people use to make other chemicals
  • noun
  • /ˈtrɪp.təˌmiːn/
  • Specialized
translation icon : triptamina
  • 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.

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Examples

  • Research shows that tryptamine derivatives can have significant effects on mood and cognition.

  • 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.

  • Berserman, They were the ones who actually developed the whole group of the tryptamine derivatives DMTDETDPT.

  • 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.

Surface Forms

tryptamine singular
tryptamines plural

Morphology

tryptamine = amine (semi-transparent) = trypt + amine + trypt

The element '-amine' signals a nitrogen-containing chemical group (technical), while 'trypt-' is a specialized combining form (from tryptophan) not obvious to general learners.

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.