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Dietary Supplement and Metabolite Found to Protect against Asthma
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January 26, 2021
A study that was designed to investigate how the immune system impacts gut bacteria has led to the discovery that two molecules, L-tyrosine and its metabolite, p-cresol sulfate (PCS), can not only provide profound protection in experimental models of asthma, but can also substantially reduce the severity of an attack. While L-tyrosine is already commercially available as a dietary supplement that is marketed to help boost alertness and attention, neither the amino acid itself nor PCS had previously been known to have an effect on asthma.