tryptophan

n.

色氨酸（脊椎动物日常食物中一种主要的氨基酸）；

1. Once in the brain, the tryptophan is converted to serotonin.
   一旦进入大脑，色氨酸会被转化成血清素。
2. She rates dozens of foods for their levels of tryptophan.
   她对数十种食物的色氨酸水平进行了估计。

Tryptophan hydroxylase-2 controls brain serotonin synthesis.
Tolerance, DCs and tryptophan: much ado about IDO.
Spectroscopic Determination of Tryptophan and Tyrosine in Proteins*
Fluorescence and the location of tryptophan residues in protein molecules
[27] Cleavage at tryptophanyl residues with dimethyl sulfoxide-hydrochloric acid and cyanogen bromide
Exposure of tryptophanyl residues in proteins. Quantitative determination by fluorescence quenching studies
Brain serotonin content: physiological dependence on plasma tryptophan levels
Rapid synthesis of auxin via a new tryptophan-dependent pathway is required for shade avoidance in plants
Tryptophan-derived Catabolites Are Responsible for Inhibition of T and Natural Killer Cell Proliferation Induced by Indoleamine 2,3-...
The combined effects of tryptophan starvation and tryptophan catabolites down-regulate T cell receptor zeta-chain and induce a regul...