Fatty acid tryptamide
Fatty acid tryptamide has been studied in 1 paper since 2022: none in people yet, 1 in animals. The research so far is in animals. The newest paper, Jul 15, 2022: “Fatty acid tryptamide from cacao elongates Drosophila melanogaster lifespan with sirtuin-dependent heat shock protein expression”.
1 paper studies it2 findingsUpdated
None of its findings points the other way.
- 1 lab in 1 country
- Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- 2 of 2 findings with company ties
- Model organisms1
What did studies of Fatty acid tryptamide find?
2Studies of Fatty acid tryptamide measured 2 outcomes; the most studied are heat shock response and chaperones (1 study) and lifespan (1).
Heat shock response and chaperones
upin flies1
1 study
Heat shock response and chaperones
upin flies1
Fatty acid tryptamide increases heat shock response and chaperones in flies.
“it was confirmed that the gene expression of multiple heat shock proteins was significantly increased.”
Model organisms
Scientific reports
Lifespan
upin flies1
1 study
Lifespan
upin flies1
Fatty acid tryptamide extends lifespan in flies.
“we discovered the fatty acid tryptamide as a lifespan-elongating component of cacao.”
Model organisms
Scientific reports