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Tyrosine vs Tyramine - What's the difference?

tyrosine | tyramine |

As nouns the difference between tyrosine and tyramine

is that tyrosine is a nonessential amino acid C9H11NO3 found in most animal proteins, especially casein while tyramine is a phenolic amine, 4-hydroxy-phenethylamine, derived from the amino acid tyrosine, found in various foodstuffs and used as a sympathomimetic agent.

tyrosine

English

(wikipedia tyrosine)

Noun

  • (amino acid) A nonessential amino acid C9H11NO3 found in most animal proteins, especially casein.

    • Synonyms

    * Tyr

    tyramine

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia tyramine)
  • (chemistry) a phenolic amine, 4-hydroxy-phenethylamine, derived from the amino acid tyrosine, found in various foodstuffs and used as a sympathomimetic agent
    • English words suffixed with -amine