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Formylkynurenine is the impurity of Tryptophan (T947210), which is an essential amino acid.

ChEBI: N-formyl-L-kynurenine is a N-formylkynurenine, a non-proteinogenic L-alpha-amino acid and a non-proteinogenic amino acid derivative. It has a role as a human metabolite, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite and a mouse metabolite. It is functionally related to a L-kynurenine. It is a tautomer of a N-formyl-L-kynurenine zwitterion.