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Subject: Anyone good at chemistry? I'm preforming an experiment.
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This is not a school experiment, it is my own.

The dilemma I am having is that the amino acid Lysine is attached to another molecule. I want to extract the lysine so I am only left with lysine separated from the other molecule. In the body, these are separated in the liver by the enzyme "Trypsin".

Correct me if I am wrong, but trypsin is not available in stores. Online I can only buy in bulk, which I don't want to do. Are there any other substitutions for trypsin?

  • 12.06.2012 3:59 PM PDT

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Remove your liver and use it in the experiment.

  • 12.06.2012 4:01 PM PDT
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Posted by: CYCLONES6
Remove your liver and use it in the experiment.


I already tried that, it didn't work very well.

  • 12.06.2012 4:03 PM PDT

Posted by: Recon Number 54
Use your head. The one on your shoulders. No really, just try. Please?

˙sɹǝʇndɯoɔ ɥʇıʍ pooƃ os ʇou ɯ,ı 'ǝɹǝɥ ʇǝƃ sıɥʇ pıp ʍoɥ 'lol

What other molecule is it attached to? Given that enzymes just lower the reaction energy required to start chemical reactions, you could just add energy (heat) until the reaction occurs. Can't add too much heat, or the amino acid may be destroyed.

  • 12.06.2012 4:05 PM PDT
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Posted by: spartanfornow
What other molecule is it attached to? Given that enzymes just lower the reaction energy required to start chemical reactions, you could just add energy (heat) until the reaction occurs. Can't add too much heat, or the amino acid may be destroyed.


Just fyi, I know next to nothing about chemistry. This is entirely new to me. And the other molecule... Dextroamphetamine. I have a prescription for Vyvanse (lisdexamphetamine) but sometimes instant release would be more beneficial to me than the timed release caused by Lysine.

I've heard of some people saying grapefruit might work. Not sure why it would. But I also know that highly acidic fruits destroy the d-amp. That is why I can't drink OJ in the mornings.

  • 12.06.2012 4:10 PM PDT

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Dextroamphetamine. I have a prescription for Vyvanse (lisdexamphetamine) but sometimes instant release would be more beneficial to me than the timed release caused by Lysine.

Don't go messing with your medication. Please, trust me on this.

[Edited on 12.06.2012 4:11 PM PST]

  • 12.06.2012 4:10 PM PDT
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  • 12.06.2012 4:11 PM PDT

Posted by: Recon Number 54
Use your head. The one on your shoulders. No really, just try. Please?

˙sɹǝʇndɯoɔ ɥʇıʍ pooƃ os ʇou ɯ,ı 'ǝɹǝɥ ʇǝƃ sıɥʇ pıp ʍoɥ 'lol

Posted by: ParanoidHipster
I've heard of some people saying grapefruit might work.

Grapefruit has been known to influence the speed at which people absorb prescription medications. I would strongly advise against trying to alter a prescription medication in order to try and get the effects to hit you faster. Especially ADHD medication.

[Edited on 12.06.2012 4:14 PM PST]

  • 12.06.2012 4:12 PM PDT
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Posted by: spartanfornow
Posted by: ParanoidHipster
I've heard of some people saying grapefruit might work.

Grapefruit has been known to influence the speed at which people absorb prescription medications. I would strongly advise against trying to alter a prescription medication in order to try and get the effects to hit you faster. Especially ADHD medication.


I'm not trying to abuse it or anything. I just want to be able to take some in the afternoon without staying up the entire night.

Anyway, how would I go about doing this without grapefruit?

  • 12.06.2012 4:16 PM PDT

Generalizations.
Helping idiots hate other idiots since people have existed.

OP, don't go messing with your meds.

Please for god's sake trust me on this.

  • 12.06.2012 4:17 PM PDT


Posted by: ParanoidHipster
I'm preforming an experiment.

You're doing it wrong then.

  • 12.06.2012 4:19 PM PDT
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I'd still like to go through with the experiment, if anyone would like to help.

  • 12.06.2012 4:26 PM PDT

We did something in my AP biology class using trypsinn, I forget what it was, but my teacher used a chicken's liver.

  • 12.06.2012 4:35 PM PDT
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Posted by: DeclinedA1
We did something in my AP biology class using trypsinn, I forget what it was, but my teacher used a chicken's liver.



...ew

  • 12.06.2012 5:00 PM PDT