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MeSH Heading: Tyrosine
Tree Number(s): D12.125.072.050.875
Unique ID: D014443
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014443
Annotation: /blood: consider also TYROSINEMIAS
Scope Note: A non-essential amino acid. In animals it is synthesized from PHENYLALANINE. It is also the precursor of EPINEPHRINE; THYROID HORMONES; and melanin.
Entry Term(s): L-Tyrosine; Tyrosine, L-isomer; para-Tyrosine
Related Numbers: 55520-40-6; 60-18-4
CAS Type 1 Name: Tyrosine
NLM Classification #: QU 60
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analogs & derivatives (AA)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

drug effects (DE)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0022203
Related Numbers: 55520-40-6; 60-18-4
Scope Note: A non-essential amino acid. In animals it is synthesized from PHENYLALANINE. It is also the precursor of EPINEPHRINE; THYROID HORMONES; and melanin.
Terms: Tyrosine Preferred Term
Term UI T042249
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; L-Tyrosine
Term UI T363943
Date11/08/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; para-Tyrosine
Term UI T042248
Date09/16/1983
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Tyrosine, L-isomer
Term UI T359772
Date09/13/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1999)

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