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TRYPTOPHAN REACTION

\tɹˈɪptɒfən ɹɪˈakʃən], \tɹˈɪptɒfən ɹɪˈakʃən], \t_ɹ_ˈɪ_p_t_ɒ_f_ə_n ɹ_ɪ__ˈa_k_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of TRYPTOPHAN REACTION

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The pink or purple color r. obtained by treating tryptophan in weak acetic acid with elementary bromin. The r. is not given when a hydrogen of the NH2 group is replaced by an amido-acid group, as in glycytryptophan.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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