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Phenylalanine

An essential aromatic amino acid, first described in 1879 in yellow lupin seedlings: the body turns it into tyrosine and from there into dopamine, noradrenaline and melanin. This family brings together the active ingredient, labelled standards and other impurities.

Did you know?Phenylketonuria, the inherited inability to break it down, was discovered in 1934 by Norwegian physician Asbjørn Følling: the urine of two young siblings turned green, instead of purple, with ferric chloride.

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EDQM standards 1

The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.

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