Term Name: | hypaphorine |
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Synonyms: | (+)-Hypaphorine, (2S)-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)-2-(trimethylazaniumyl)propanoate, Glyyunnanenine, Hypaphorine, L-Hypaphorine, L-tryptophan betaine, Lenticin, N(alpha),N(alpha),N(alpha)-trimethyl-L-tryptophan, N,N,N-trimethyltryptophan betaine, Tryptophan betaine |
Definition: | An amino acid betaine obtaine by exhaustive methylation of the alpha-amino group of L-tryptophan with concomitant deprotonation of the carboxy group. |
Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:5832] ( EBI ) |