5-HTP 是从加纳特有植物Griffonia simplicifolia的种子中提取精制的一种医药原料, 主要用作抗抑郁, 是传统化学合成药物Prozac(百忧解)的天然替代品。由于其没有合成药物的毒副作用, 也一直作为保健食品、食品补偿剂的主要原料。随着人们生活压力的不断加大, 抑郁症患者不断增加, 5-HTP 的使用量会保持稳定的基础上不断增加。目前全球5-HTP的需求在200吨左右, 其中中国厂家的销售在50吨左右, 价格为200U$/KG, 欧洲公司的销售数量在130吨左右, 其价格为400 U$/KG, 其他地区还有一定的销售。但中国和欧洲的产品的质量存在的差别很小, 只是由于观念上的差别才导致价格的巨大差别日语口译。

5-HTP is a medical raw material extracted and refined from the seed of a perennial plant in Ghana, mainly for the antidepressant, is the natural substitutes of traditional chemical synthesis drug Prozac (fluoxetine). Because it has no side effect of synthetic drugs, it has been used as the main raw materials of healthy food, food compensation. With the constant pressure on people increasing, the cases of depression turn on the tendency of increasing. At present, the use of 5-HTP volume will increase on the basis of the stability. The current global demand for 5-HTP is about 200 tons, of which Chinese manufacturers produce about 50 tons. It prices 200U $ / KG. European sales volume   account for about 130 tons and the price is $ 400 U / KG. Other areas still have a certain sales volume. However, there is little difference between Chinese and European product in quality. It is just because of the perception that great difference was caused in the huge price difference.