Studied for
1 endpoint, 1 finding, from 1 paper.
Structure
No depiction stored for this entry. The InChIKey and SMILES beside this define the structure exactly.
- Class
- Organic compound
- Formula
- C11H12N2O3
- Mass
- 220.228 g/mol
- Charge
- 0
- InChIKey
- LDCYZAJDBXYCGN-VIFPVBQESA-N
- SMILES
- N[C@@H](Cc1cnc2ccc(O)cc12)C(=O)O
- Look it up
- ChEBIBy InChIKey
Identity from ChEBI. Not evidence — none of it carries a grade.
What the evidence says
How to read these marks1 finding across 1 endpoint, from 1 paper, strongest first.
What moved
1 finding
Decreases fat mass
PreliminaryGrade D, Preliminary. Non-human or in vitro only.Finding“Fat mass decreased significantly post versus pre in the 5-HTP group (p = 0.02) but did not change in the placebo group (p = 0.58).”
Quoted verbatim from The Effects of 5-HTP on Body Composition: An 8-Week Preliminary RCT.. - Study
- RCT
- Duration
- 8 weeks
- Dose
- 100 mg/day
- Population
- Exercise-trained men and women
The Effects of 5-HTP on Body Composition: An 8-Week Preliminary RCT.2023PMID:35583055
What it touches on the way
A finding says 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan moved an endpoint. This is the biology in between: the proteins and reactions it runs through to get there. It is where to look for the two things a list of findings cannot answer — why a result might happen, and what else acts on the same machinery.
3 of these are proteins with a page of their own, and that is the door: a protein page says what else it carries, which is how one compound leads to the next.
Mechanistic reach
3 entities
3 entities reached, most connected first. Hub metabolites are excluded, so this is not a claim that the compound touches everything.