Taurine 6

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Oja, Simo S. (Editor), Saransaari, Pirjo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 583
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Immunology.; Molecular biology.; Cardiology.; Neurology.; Biochemistry.; Biomedicine.; Molecular Medicine.; Biochemistry, general.; Human Physiology.

Taurine (2-aminoethanesulfonic acid) is an enigmatic compound abounding in animal tissues. It is present at relatively high concentrations in all electrically excitable tissues such as the brain, sensory organs, the heart, and in certain endocrine glands. Some of its physiological functions are alre...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Immunology, Immunohistochemistry, Infectious Disease
• Chemistry, Biochemistry and Metabolism of Taurine
• Nutritional Aspects of Taurine
• Transport Mechanisms of Taurine
• Osmotic Actions of Taurine
• Taurine in the Liver and Pancreas
• Taurine and the Cardiovascular System
• Taurine and the Renal System
• Taurine and the Musculoskeletal System
• Taurine in the Central Nervous System
• Antioxidant Actions of Taurine
• Anti-ischemic Actions of Taurine
• Pharmacology of Taurine Derivatives
• Index.