tyrosin

Updated: July 7, 2025

If allowed to stand in a test-tube it does not coagulate, but separates into two layers: the upper, transparent, straw-coloured fluid, the liquor puris or pus serum, closely resembling blood serum in its composition, but containing less protein and more cholestrol; it also contains leucin, tyrosin, and certain albumoses which prevent coagulation.

Alexander Miles - Manual of Surgery Volume First: : General Surgery. Sixth Edition.