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tyramine /ˈtʌɪrəmiːn /noun [mass noun] BiochemistryA compound which occurs naturally in cheese and other foods and can cause dangerously high blood pressure in people taking a monoamine oxidase inhibitor.- An amine related to tyrosine; chemical formula: C6H4(OH)CH2CH2NH2.
Foods high in arylalkylamines (tryptophan, tyrosine, tyramine, and phenylalanine) have also been implicated in triggering IC symptoms....- About nine per cent of people have at least one copy of a gene for 5HT2a that call for the amino acid tyramine at one point in the receptor protein.
- One piece with which Milne was pleased was his clarification of the tyramine monoamine-oxidase inhibitor interaction (the ‘cheese reaction’).
OriginEarly 20th century: from tyr(osine) + amine. |