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...