General Information:

Id: 4,768 (click here to show other Interactions for entry)
Diseases: Cardiovascular disease
Metabolic
Rattus norvegicus
article
Reference: Liu H et al.(2013) Acute tryptophan depletion reduces nitric oxide synthase in the rat hippocampus Neurochem. Res. 38: 2595-2603 [PMID: 24170240]

Interaction Information:

Comment Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamin, 5HT) is synthesized from its precursor tryptophan via tryptophan-5-monooxygenase (TPH) and aromatic-L-amino-acid decarboxylase (DDC).
Formal Description
Interaction-ID: 47780

drug/chemical compound

Tryptophan

increases_quantity of

drug/chemical compound

Serotonin