The chemical name of tyrosine (Tyr) is 2-amino-3-p-hydroxyphenylpropionic acid, which is an aromatic polarity containing phenolic hydroxyl groups α- amino acid. Tyrosine is a conditionally essential amino acid and ketogenic glucogenic amino acid [1].
Tyrosine was discovered from casein by Li Biqi in 1846. It is a white crystalline powder, which crystallizes from water into needle or flake.
Function 1. Amino acid drugs. Amino acid infusion and amino acid composite preparations are used as raw materials for nutritional supplements. Used to treat poliomyelitis and tuberculous encephalitis/hyperthyroidism.
2. Nutritional supplements. In medicine, it is used to treat myelitis, tuberculous encephalitis, hyperthyroidism, and other diseases. It is also used to manufacture L-dopa diiodotyrosine. After the aminocarbonyl reaction occurs with sugars under co heating, special aroma substances can be generated.
3. It is used in biochemical research and in medicine as an amino acid nutritional drug for the treatment of poliomyelitis, encephalitis, hyperthyroidism, and other diseases.
4. Biochemical reagents and APIs. It belongs to non essential amino acids of the human body.
It can be used for tissue culture (L-tyrosine · 2Na · H2O), biochemical reagents, and treatment of hyperthyroidism. It can also be used as a food for the elderly and children, as well as a foliar nutrient for plants