Tryptophan synonyms
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amino-acid (related)
Any of the amino acids, usually about 20, that link together into polypeptide chains to form proteins that are necessary for all life: in general, they are water-soluble, crystalline, amphoteric electrolytes having mirror-image isomeric forms with right and left optical activity: ten of these (essential amino acids) cannot be synthesized by the human body and must be consumed
tryptophane
an amino acid that occurs in proteins; is essential for growth and normal metabolism; a precursor of niacin
phenylalanine (related)
arginine (related)
methionine (related)
l-tryptophan (related)
lysine (related)
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glutathione (related)
purine (related)
polyamines (related)
L-cysteine (related)
ornithine (related)
carnitine (related)
choline (related)
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pyruvate (related)
acetyl-coa (related)
carboxylation (related)
rhamnose (related)
Find another word for tryptophan. In this page you can discover 18 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for tryptophan, like: amino-acid, tryptophane, phenylalanine, arginine, methionine, l-tryptophan, lysine, glutathione, purine, polyamines and L-cysteine.
