NALT

Preferred term

tyramine

Chemical

An indirect sympathomimetic that occurs naturally in cheese and other foods. Tyramine does not directly activate adrenergic receptors, but it can serve as a substrate for adrenergic uptake systems and monoamine oxidase to prolong the actions of adrenergic transmitters. It also provokes transmitter release from adrenergic terminals and may be a neurotransmitter in some invertebrate nervous systems.

4-hydroxyphenethylamine
p-tyramine
para-tyramine

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

38788

Spanish

tiramina

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/7823

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 9/28/20