INCREASING EFFECT OF DIETARY TAURINE ON THE SERUM HDL-CHOLESTEROL CONCENTRATION IN RATS

Authors
MOCHIZUKI H ODA H YOKOGOSHI H
Citation
H. Mochizuki et al., INCREASING EFFECT OF DIETARY TAURINE ON THE SERUM HDL-CHOLESTEROL CONCENTRATION IN RATS, Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 62(3), 1998, pp. 578-579
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Agriculture,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology","Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
09168451
Volume
62
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
578 - 579
Database
ISI
SICI code
0916-8451(1998)62:3<578:IEODTO>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Taurine, 2-amino ethanesulfonic acid, is the major free intracellular amino acid present in many tissues and plays an important role in lipi d metabolism such as that of bile acid conjugation for fat absorption. The effect of taurine on the serum cholesterol level in normal rats w as investigated. Taurine enhanced the serum HDL-cholesterol concentrat ion in a dose-dependent manner without any change in total cholesterol .