L-tyrosine, also known as (2S,3R) -2-amino-3-P-hydroxymethylpropionic acid, is an aromatic amino acid, naturally occurring in a variety of proteins, among which, milk casein is more abundant. L-tyrosine is an important nutritional essential amino acid in human and animal, which plays an important role in metabolism and growth and development.
The molecular formula of L-tyrosine is C9H11NO3, the molecular weight is 181.19, and the CAS number is 60-18-4. As commercially available products, l-tyrosine looks like white needle-like crystals or crystalline powder with a bitter taste.L-tyrosine is mainly used in food, medicine, chemical industry, fodder, and other fields, for example, L-tyrosine in the field of medicine, can be used as amino acids, drugs used to treat encephalitis, the treatment of diseases such as polio, hyperthyroidism, in food, feed industry, we also can be L-tyrosine as a nutritional supplement in the dairy and forage and flavoring agent, in addition, In organic chemical industry, as raw materials can be used for organic synthesis.
