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Journal of Nutrition Vol. 102 No. 11 November 1972, pp. 1547-1550
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Synthesis of Tryptophan from 3-Indolepyruvic Acid by a Healthy Woman

Peter Richards, C. L. Brown and S. M. Lowe

Medical Unit, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, Paddington, London W.2

A young woman achieved nitrogen balance when her tryptophan-free diet was supplemented with 0.5 g of 3-indolepyruvic acid daily. Nitrogen balance promptly became negative when the {alpha}-ketoacid was withdrawn.

KEY WORDS: • tryptophan synthesis • 3-indolepyruvic acid • nitrogen balance • woman

Manuscript received 27 January 1972.




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