Tryptophan

Know your Amino Acids fact sheet:

Full name	Tryptophan
3 letter name	Trp
1 letter name	W
What you see:	What a biochemist sees:
Speciality	–
Sources (animal)	milk, yogurt, cottage cheese, red meat, eggs, fish, poultry
Sources (plant)	chocolate, oats, dried dates, sesame, chickpeas, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, bananas, peanuts
Chemical formula	C11H12N2O2
Essential	X
Non-essential	–
Hydrophobic	X
Hydrophilic (neutral)	–
(positive)	–
(negative)	–

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