tryptamine

[ trip-tuh-meen ]

nounBiochemistry.
  1. a crystalline substance, C10H12N2, that is formed from tryptophan and is involved in various metabolic processes.

Origin of tryptamine

1
First recorded in 1925–30; trypt(ophan) + amine

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