Taurine 7

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Azuma, Junichi (Editor), Schaffer, Stephen W. (Editor), Ito, Takashi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 643
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Immunology.; Neurosciences.; Pharmacology.; Biochemistry.; Biomedicine.; Biochemistry, general.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; 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 brain, sensory organs, heart, and muscle, and in certain endocrine glands. Some of its physiological functions are...