Chem. Also -ine. [f. Gr. τῡρός cheese + LEUCIN.] A white crystalline substance (C7H11NO2) produced by the decomposition of proteins.
1878. Kingzett, Anim. Chem., 366. Among the new products recently described by Schützenberger is a substance termed by him tyroleucin.
1881. Watts, Dict. Chem., VIII. 1682. Tyroleucine is a white crystalline deposit of chalky aspect, nearly tasteless.
