Amino Acid Derivatives

Tryptophan Derivatives
1. Seratonin
  1. Melatonin
    1. associated with sleep/wake cycles
  2. associated with depression, OCD, Anxiety disorders
Tyrosine Derivatives
1. DOPA
  1. Dopamine
    1. Norepinephrine
      1. Epinephrine
        used to treat cardiac arrest, boosts oxygen supply to the heart and brain
      2. low levels associated with depression, drugs target re-uptake inhibition to treat symptoms
    2. deficiency is associated with depression and ADD, high levels associated with psychosis and schizophrenia
  2. All of these hormones are associated with fight/flight response, and released by the adrenal gland in response to stress
  3. used to treat dystonia
Arginine Derivatives
1. Creatine
  1. Creatinine
    1. toxic -- should be excreted by kidneys, levels of sCr is a measure of kidney fxn

Resource summary

	Created by Beatriz Da Silva over 7 years ago