Taurine 2
Subtitle: Basic and Clinical Aspects (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)
Contributors: Ryan J. Huxtable (Editor); Junichi Azuma (Editor); Kinya Kuriyama (Editor); Masao Nakagawa (Editor); Akemichi Baba (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: October 31, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 676
ISBN-13: 9780306453854
Subjects: Dietetics & nutrition; Food & beverage technology; Mammals; Medical Biochemistry; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Science/Mathematics; Biochemistry; Neuroscience; Nutrition; Medical / Biochemistry; Medical / Nutrition; Medical-Neuroscience; Medical-Nutrition; General; Congresses; Physiological effect; Taurine; Therapeutic use
Description: Comprises the edited proceedings of the International Taurine Symposium held in Osaka, Japan, in June 1995, a satellite symposium of the 15th biennial meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry. The articles (71 in all) are divided into the following headings: chemistry, biochemistry, and metabolism of taurine; taurine and the liver; taurine and the kidney; taurine in muscle and the cardiovascular system; taurine and the audiovisual systems; taurine and the central nervous system; taurine and diabetes; reports on ten clinical studies; and a special lecture on taurine and enantiostasis.