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Analysis and Significance of Tyramine in Foods
Author(s) -
SEN N. P.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1969.tb14354.x
Subject(s) - tyramine , octopamine (neurotransmitter) , chemistry , chromatography , food science , derivative (finance) , biochemistry , receptor , serotonin , financial economics , economics
SUMMARY— The tyramine levels in different varieties of cheeses, alcoholic drinks, and other foods were determined. Many of the food samples, analyzed by an existing fluorometric method, contained large amounts (up to 2.2 mg/g) of tyramine. Synephrine and octopamine, although rarely present in food, interfered with the fluorometric analysis. A gas chromatographic method was developed in which tyramine was extracted from foods and then analyzed as its trifluoroacetyl derivative using an electron capture detector. The gas chromatographic method was more sensitive and specific than the fluorometric method, and it permitted detection of 0.1–0.2 nanogram tyramine even in the presence of synephrine and octopamine.