pocketfisherman
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 Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 12:09 am Post subject: Re: NFL |
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| cyclopropene wrote: | | riverrat82 wrote: | | What's The 'L' stand for my culinary com padre? |
Origially, "L" meant levorotatory, if you really want to know. It's the "handedness" (left/right) of the molecule. The l- enantiomer (or isomer, or form, lower case here) is defined as the form that rotates the plane of polarized light passing through it counter-clockwise... The d form (dextrorotatory) the other way... For amino acids like tryptophan, capital L and D refer now to the absolute stereochemistry and not the direction of rotation of polarized light.
Put more succinctly, L-amino acids are the natural ones that make up a significant portion of that turkey you just ate.
| sinista wrote: | | riverrat82 wrote: | | May the magic of tryptophan sprinkle it's self over your day MAFF |
It's "L" Tryptophan, the L variety of this enzyme is the one that knocks you out |
Technically it's not an enzyme... it's an amino acid (and a precursor to serotonin...) 
Happy Turkey Eating! |
That's why I love MAFF! Too friggen funny! |
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