User:Eloil/Tryptamine

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| Name = Tryptamine

| IUPACName = 3-(2-Aminoethyl)indole

| ImageFile = Tryptamine structure.png

| imagename = Tryptamine

| Section1 = {{Chembox Identifiers

| SMILES = NCCC1=CNC2=C1C=CC=C2

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| Section2 = {{Chembox Properties

| C = 10 | H = 12 | N = 2

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Tryptamine is an alkaloid found in plants, animals and fungi. It is based around the indole ring structure and is formed by the action of the enzyme tryptophan decarboxylase on tryptophan, an amino acid.