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Definition of Taurine

1. Noun. A colorless crystalline substance obtained from the bile of mammals.

Definition of Taurine

1. a. Of or pertaining to the genus Taurus, or cattle.

2. n. A body occurring in small quantity in the juices of muscle, in the lungs, and elsewhere, but especially in the bile, where it is found as a component part of taurocholic acid, from which it can be prepared by decomposition of the acid. It crystallizes in colorless, regular six-sided prisms, and is especially characterized by containing both nitrogen and sulphur, being chemically amido-isethionic acid, C₂H₇NSO₃.

Definition of Taurine

1. Adjective. Pertaining to a bull; bull-like. ¹

2. Noun. (biochemistry) An amino-sulfonic acid, NH₂CH₂CH₂SO₃H, that has regulatory functions in mammals. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Taurine

1. a chemical compound [n -S]

Medical Definition of Taurine

1. Is one of the most abundant amino acids in the body. It is found in the central nervous system, skeletal muscle and is very concentrated in the brain and heart. It is synthesised from the amino acids methionine and cysteine, in conjunction with vitamin B6. Animal protein is a good source of taurine, as it is not found in vegetable protein. Vegetarians with an unbalanced protein intake and therefore deficient in methionine or cysteine may have difficulty manufacturing taurine. Dietary intake is thought to be more important in women as the female hormone oestradiol depresses the formation of taurine in the liver. Taurine seems to inhibit and modulate neurotransmitters in the brain. (04 Nov 1997)

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Literary usage of Taurine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Physiological Chemistry by Karl Gotthelf Lehmann, George Edward Day (1854)
"He first found that taurine might be heated to 240° C without decomposition or fusion ; and he then heated isethionate of ammonia to 236° C, and kept it at ..."

2. Practical physiological chemistry: A Book Designed for Use in Courses in by Philip Bovier Hawk (1916)
"The taurine at first melts, then turns brown, ... taurine. (c) Test the solubility of the crystals in water and 1n alcohol. (d) Grind up a crystal with four ..."

3. Physiological Chemistry by Karl Gotthelf Lehmann (1855)
"Redtenbacher* attempted to elucidate this point; finding that by the action of potash, taurine was decomposed into ammonia, acetic acid, and sulphurous acid ..."

4. Physiological Chemistry by Karl Gotthelf Lehmann (1855)
"Indeed, on passing sulphurous acid into an alcoholic solution of aldehyde-ammonia he obtained a white crystalline body isomeric with taurine; it is, ..."

5. First principles of chemistry for the use of colleges and schools by Benjamin Silliman (1861)
"The action of acids yields taurine and ... accompany the taurine, which is itself decomposed at a later stage of the process, sulphurous and sulphuric acids ..."

6. First Principles of Chemistry, for the Use of Colleges and Schools by Benjamin Silliman (1860)
"The action of acids yields taurine and ... accompany the taurine, which is itself decomposed at a later stage of the process, sulphurous and sulphuric acids ..."

7. A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body: Including an by Arthur Gamgee (1893)
"231) will furnish confirmatory evidence. taurine ... Since taurine was obtained as one of the primary products of the decomposition of taurocholic acid, ..."

8. Practical physiological chemistry by Philip Bovier Hawk (1918)
"The taurine at first melts, then turns brown, ... taurine. (c) Test the solubility of the crystals in water and in alcohol. (d) Grind up a crystal with four ..."

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