Tyramine

[assiram]

i'm listening to the pod cast of Fresh Air (from NPR, on nov. 4) and there's a woman talking about migraines, and she said chocolate can cause migraines because it contains the amino acid Tyramine. now, there are only 20 amino acids (ok, unless you count the 21st amino acid, selinocystine) and tyramine is NOT one of them! so annoying.

(how man of my LJ friends care? probably only chemgal18 and mannatunkle