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What foods contains tryptophan?
Some foods high in tryptophan include: soybeans, seaweed, turkey, chicken, halibut, shrimp, turnip greens, and spinach.
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What type of macromolecule is tryptophan?
Tryptophan is an amino acid. Amino acids can join together to form peptides and then as the chain grows longer, proteins.
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Does dark meat have more tryptophan than white meat?
If it does, than it would be an insignificantly small amount. Tryptophan is an amino acid found in turkey and like all amino acids in a body, tends to accumulate in proportion…al amounts in each muscle. That is, larger muscles will have more tryptophan than smaller muscles. Anyway, tryptophan will not cause you to become sleepy unless your stomach is mostly empty. The reason most people feel tired after a Thanksgiving meal can be most attributed to carbohydrate overload. (MORE)
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How many hydrogen atoms does tryptophan contain?
The molecular formula for tryptophan is C11H12N2O2, so it contains 12 atoms of hydrogen.
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Why should excess bromine water be avoided in the test for free tryptophan?
The presence of excess bromine water will cause the pink color to disappear and it may be masked by the color of the reagent.
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Can you purchase L-tryptophan over the counter?
Yes, and to answer the next question ("Where can I purchase it?"), CVS, Walgreens and GNC all carry it.
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How would a person's ability to break down glucose through glycolysis be affected if the person's diet were deficient in both niacin and tryptophan?
These are needed to make nicotinamide which is then used to form NAD. Without NAD glycolysis cannot occur and so glucose breakdown would be stopped.
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The end products of tryptophan degradation are indole and pyruvic acid Why do you test for the presence of indole rather than pyruvic acid as the indicator of tryptophanase activity?
Indole is a specific product of tryptophan degradation whereas pyruvic acid is a relatively common biochemical involved in several enzymic pathways including the end product o…f glycolyis. So, if you measured pyruvic acid the background (blank) level would be very high so measuring indole production is more accurate especially since the determination is linked to a colored product for easy identification (MORE)
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Can I take L-Tryptophan Melatonin Supplements together and how they affect spiritual development?
Just as one should try to avoid combining drugs, one should also avoid combining sleep aids, even vitamin sleep aids. This is common sense. Dr. Oz espouses (do an online searc…h for validation) that one should limit melatonin intake to not more than one milligram a day, with the elderly taking even smaller dosages. Dr. Oz also espouses that a high level of tryptophan is found in turkey. If you wish to increase your ability to remember your dreams, get some (preferably organic) B-6 supplement in capsule form and only take the recommended dosage. It is widely recognized that B-6 increases the production of melatonin in the brain, helps us remember our dreams, and appears to be safer than taking melatonin directly. It has also been reported that too much melatonin can cause nightmares as well as panic attacks. So take it easy on the B-6. As far as spiritual development is concerned, outside of relaxation, sleep aids have no beneficial affect. One must remember that the essence of spiritual development is not increased psychic receptivity or dream awareness - although that may be a side benefit at times - but rather an increase in the ability to love genuinely and deeply. No pill(s) can orchestrate that for us. When in doubt, better to err on the side of caution and take less, not more. (MORE)