Some people think that this
amino acid makes you drowsy. I tend to agree, since every time I have a
turkey sandwich for
lunch, I just want to go to
sleep about an hour later.
structural formula of tryptophan:
O H
\\ /
H H H H C -- O
\ / \ / /
C == C C -- C -- N -- H
/ \ / \ \
H -- C C - C H H
\\ // \\
C -- C C tryptophan
/ \ / \ C11H11N2O2
H N H
|
H