பயன்பாட்டு உயிரியல் மற்றும் மருந்து தொழில்நுட்பத்தின் சர்வதேச இதழ்

Molecule of millennium- Taurine; & its Analogues: A New Class of Therapeutics in Human Welfare.

R.C. Gupta

Taurine (2-Amino Ethane Sulfonic Acid) was discovered more than two hundred years ago from animal sources. It is distributed in both mammals and non-mammals and its content is high in several vital tissues. For more than a century and a- half, taurine was regarded just as an end product of sulfur metabolism. Recently, taurine has been rediscovered and its beneficial effects in processes like epilepsy, hypertension, congestive heart failure and diabetes has been well documented.