Application

DL-Tryptophan has been used:as a medium supplement in Psilocybe atrobrunnea and Psilocybe serbica for the synthesis of psychotropic compoundsas an optimal medium supplement for culturing yeast, Pichia stipitisfor chiral separation experiments using Hewlett-Packard HP3D CE capillary electrophoresis system(HPCE)

Biochem/physiol Actions

DL-Tryptophan binding to bovine serum albumin is employed for its affinity based chromatographic purification. Supplementation of tryptophan in diets of rat induce bladder tumor.

General description

Tryptophan is the precursor for 5-hydroxy-tryptamin and an essential α-amino acid. DL-Tryptophan exists as a zwitterion during crystallization.

Other Notes

Amino acid precursor of serotonin and melatonin

Packaging

5, 25, 100 g in poly bottle

Preparation Note

Prepared from L-tryptophan produced by fermentation