tyramine noun. ['tʌɪrǝmi:n] E20.
[from TYROSINE + AMINE.]
Biochemistry. A tyrosine derivative occurring naturally in cheese and other foods, having sympathomimetic properties and capable of causing dangerously high blood pressure in people taking a monoamine oxidase inhibitor; 2-(p-hydroxyphenyl)ethylamine, HOC₆H₄CH₂CH₂NH₂.

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