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Tryptamine vs Triptan - What's the difference?

tryptamine | triptan |

As nouns the difference between tryptamine and triptan

is that tryptamine is a heterocyclic amine found in both plant and animal tissue, where it is an intermediate in several metabolic schemes while triptan is any of a family of tryptamine-based drugs used as abortive medication in the treatment of migraine and cluster headaches.

tryptamine

English

(wikipedia tryptamine)

Noun

  • (uncountable, biochemistry) a heterocyclic amine found in both plant and animal tissue, where it is an intermediate in several metabolic schemes.
  • (countable, medicine) Any of a class of neurotransmitters and psychedelic drugs derived from this compound.
    • English words suffixed with -amine

    triptan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia triptan)
  • Any of a family of tryptamine-based drugs used as abortive medication in the treatment of migraine and cluster headaches.

    • Derived terms

    * almotriptan * eletriptan * frovatriptan * naratriptan * rizatriptan * sumatriptan * zolmitriptan