tryptophane

Variant of tryptophan

tryptophan definition

tryp·to·phan (trip′tə fan′)

noun

a white, aromatic, crystalline, essential amino acid, CHNHCHCCHCH(NH)COOH, produced synthetically and in digestion by the action of trypsin on proteins
also tryptophane tryp′·to·phane′ (-fān′)

Etymology: < trypt(ic) + -o- + -phan(e)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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