5-HTP

chemical compound
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q238544
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Summary

5-HTP is a type of chemical entity[1]. 5-HTP ranks in the top 3% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (280 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 5-HTP's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • 5-HTP's canonical SMILES is recorded as C1=CC2=C(C=C1O)C(=CN2)CC(C(=O)O)N[4].
  • 5-HTP's chemical formula is recorded as C₁₁H₁₂N₂O₃[5].
  • 5-HTP is a type of DL-5-hydroxytryptophan[6].
  • 5-HTP is a type of amino acid[7].
  • 5-HTP is used for medication[8].
  • 5-HTP's Commons category is recorded as 5-Hydroxytryptophan[9].
  • 5-HTP's said to be the same as is recorded as Oxitriptan[10].
  • 5-HTP comprises nitrogen[11].
  • 5-HTP comprises carbon[12].
  • 5-HTP's found in taxon is recorded as Homo sapiens[13].
  • 5-HTP's found in taxon is recorded as Panaeolus antillarum[14].
  • 5-HTP's found in taxon is recorded as Caenorhabditis elegans[15].
  • 5-HTP's found in taxon is recorded as Aspergillus fumigatus[16].
  • 5-HTP's isomeric SMILES is recorded as C1=CC2=C(C=C1O)C(=CN2)CC@@HNC@@HN">[17].
  • 5-HTP's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'dalton', 'amount': '+220.084792'}[18].
  • 5-HTP's medical condition treated is recorded as major depressive disorder[19].
  • 5-HTP's World Health Organisation international non-proprietary name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'oxitriptan'}[20].
  • 5-HTP's subject has role is recorded as second-generation antidepressive agents[21].
  • 5-HTP's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Oxitriptan[22].
  • 5-HTP's stereoisomer of is recorded as D-5-hydroxytryptophan[23].
  • 5-HTP's tautomer of is recorded as 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan zwitterion[24].

Why It Matters

5-HTP ranks in the top 3% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (280 views/month).[2] 5-HTP has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] 5-HTP is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . DrugBank. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Recon 2.2: from reconstruction to model of human metabolism. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Species identification and chemical analysis of psychoactive fungi in the Hawaiian islands. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Modeling Meets Metabolomics-The WormJam Consensus Model as Basis for Metabolic Studies in the Model Organism. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Substrate promiscuity of the cyclic dipeptide prenyltransferases from Aspergillus fumigatus ( section sign).. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Inxight: Drugs Database. Retrieved . drugs.ncats.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . ChEMBL. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . ChEBI release 2021-03-01. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · Wostr · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → DL-5-hydroxytryptophan, amino acid
    Permanent duplicated item → Oxitriptan
    Stereoisomer of → D-5-hydroxytryptophan
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Permanent duplicated item: Oxitriptan"
  2. 15d ago · Back ache · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'azb', 'bg', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'ko', '
    Said to be the same as → Oxitriptan
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Said to be the same as: Oxitriptan"
  3. 10w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → 5-Hydroxytryptophan
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Commons category: 5-Hydroxytryptophan"
  4. 17w ago · Nabbegat · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||tr */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37300|batch #37300]]"
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