tyramine

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Chemical structure of tyramine
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Etymology

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Blend of tyrosine +‎ amine.

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Noun

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tyramine (countable and uncountable, plural tyramines)

  1. (biochemistry) A compound which occurs naturally in cheese and other foods and can cause dangerously high blood pressure in people taking a monoamine oxidase inhibitor.

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