The quickest way to raise serotonin levels again is to send more tryptophan into the brain, because serotonin is made from tryptophan.
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Tryptophan
//ˈtɹɪptə(ʊ)fæn//
Synonyms for "tryptophan" (7 found)
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Related words (3)
Noun(3 words)
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14 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- триптофан noun (essential amino acid)
Catalan
1 entries- triptòfan noun (essential amino acid)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 色氨酸 noun (essential amino acid)
Czech
1 entries- tryptofan noun (essential amino acid)
Finnish
1 entries- tryptofaani noun (essential amino acid)
French
1 entries- tryptophane noun (essential amino acid)
Galician
1 entries- triptofano noun (essential amino acid)
German
1 entries- Tryptophan noun (essential amino acid)
Greek
1 entries- θρυπτοφάνη noun (essential amino acid)
Hungarian
1 entries- triptofán noun (essential amino acid)
Japanese
1 entries- トリプトファン noun (essential amino acid)
Persian
1 entries- تریپتوفان noun (essential amino acid)
Polish
1 entries- tryptofan noun (essential amino acid)
Portuguese
1 entries- triptofano noun (essential amino acid)
Romanian
1 entries- triptofan noun (essential amino acid)
Russian
1 entries- триптофа́н noun (essential amino acid)
Spanish
1 entries- triptófano noun (essential amino acid)
Swedish
1 entries- tryptofan noun (essential amino acid)
Thai
1 entries- ทริปโตเฟน noun (essential amino acid)
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Tryptophan is an amino acid found in many foods, including dairy and turkey, which is one of the reasons commonly given for why so many of us feel so sleepy after our Thanksgiving feasts.
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