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Phytochemical

L-Tryptophan

L-Tryptophan
Interstellar grade B+

Corroborated: Human data, or animal evidence replicated by an independent laboratory. It opens a pathway only alongside an independent corroborating driver.

Appears on 3 blend pages, each linked below.

Delivered straight into the stomach of twenty lean and obese men, tryptophan drove cholecystokinin.

What the evidence shows

Every line below is carried on the blend page that makes the claim. Follow it to the pathway and its sources.

Works on reading emotion: it supplies the building block serotonin is made from, and that supply sets how strongly the brain's emotion circuits answer.

Autonomous (Executive Command) →

The essential amino acid the brain converts first to serotonin and then to melatonin — tryptophan stocks the raw material, and the night's sleep comes easier.

Hypnotic Sleep (Slow-Wave Architecture) →

Where it appears

3 blend pages carry this ingredient. Open it and you will find this ingredient in the list.

Pathways it touches

Serotonin Sleep Cholecystokinin Gastric Emptying Emotion Recognition
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