Amino Acid Taurine

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(1) Promote brain tissue and intellectual development of infants and young children
Taurine is rich in content and widely distributed in the brain, can obviously promote the growth and development of the nervous system and cell proliferation and differentiation, and is dose-dependent, and plays an important role in the development of brain nerve cells. Studies have shown that the content of taurine in the brains of premature infants is significantly lower than that of term infants. This is because the cysteine sulfinic acid dehydrogenase (CSAD) in premature infants has not matured enough to synthesize taurine. The needs of the body must be supplemented by breast milk. The content of taurine in breast milk is higher, especially in colostrum. If the supplement is insufficient, the growth and development of children will be slow, and the mental development will be retarded. Taurine is closely related to the development of the central nervous system and retina of young children and fetuses. Long-term pure milk feeding is likely to cause a lack of taurine. [3]
(2) Improve nerve conduction and visual function
The main reason why cats and nocturnal owls prey on mice is that mice are rich in taurine, and eating more can maintain their sharp vision. If infants and young children lack taurine, retinal dysfunction will occur. For patients with long-term intravenous nutritional infusion, if there is no taurine in the infusion, the patient's electroretinogram will change. Only by supplementing with a large dose of taurine can this change be corrected. [3]
(3) Prevent cardiovascular disease
Taurine can inhibit platelet aggregation in the circulatory system, lower blood lipids, maintain normal blood pressure and prevent arteriosclerosis; it has a protective effect on myocardial cells and can resist arrhythmia; it has a special effect on reducing blood cholesterol content and can treat heart failure. . [3]
(4) Affect the absorption of lipids
The role of taurine in the liver is to combine with bile acids to form taurocholic acid, which is necessary for the absorption of lipids in the digestive tract. Taurocholic acid can increase the solubility of lipids and cholesterol, relieve bile blockage, reduce the cytotoxicity of some free bile acids, inhibit the formation of cholesterol stones, and increase bile flow. [3]
(5) Improve endocrine status and enhance human immunity
Taurine can promote the secretion of pituitary hormones, activate the function of the pancreas, thereby improving the state of the body's endocrine system, and beneficially regulate the body's metabolism; and has the effect of promoting the enhancement of the body's immunity and anti-fatigue. [3]
(6) Affect sugar metabolism
Taurine can bind to insuli n receptors, promote cell uptake and utilization of glucose, accelerate glycolysis, and reduce blood sugar concentration. Studies have shown that taurine has a certain effect on lowering blood sugar and does not depend on increasing the release of insuli n. The regulation of cellular glucose metabolism by taurine may be achieved through the post-receptor mechanism, which mainly relies on the interaction with insuli n receptor protein, rather than directly binding to the islet receptor. [3]
(7) Inhibit the occurrence and development of cataracts
Taurine has important functions such as adjusting crystal osmotic pressure and anti-oxidation. During the development of cataracts, the content of sorbic acid in the lens increases and the crystal osmotic pressure increases, while the concentration of taurine, an important substance that regulates osmotic pressure, decreases significantly. The antioxidant effect is weakened, and the protein in the crystal is over-oxidized, which can cause or aggravate the occurrence of cataracts. Supplementing taurine can inhibit the occurrence and development of cataracts. [3]

(8) Improve memory function
In animal experiments on the relationship between taurine and brain development, it was found that taurine can promote the learning and memory abilities of rats. Supplementing an appropriate amount of taurine can not only improve the speed of learning and memory, but also improve the accuracy of learning and memory, and it also has a certain effect on the anti-aging of the nervous system. [3]
(9) Maintain normal reproductive function
Normal reproductive function needs to be maintained with taurine. Data has confirmed that when the content of taurine in cat feed is less than 0.**1%, the reproductive function is poor, the rate of stillbirth, miscarriage and birth defects increases, and the survival rate of pups decreases. Only when it contains more than 0.**5% can it maintain normal reproductive function. [3]
(*0) Other functions
Taurine has obvious effects in preventing and treating iron deficiency anemia. It can not only promote the absorption of iron in the intestines, but also increase the stability of red blood cell membranes. Taurine is also a growth-promoting factor for bifidobacteria in the human intestinal tract, which optimizes the intestinal tract Bacterial group structure; also has anti-oxidation and anti-aging effects; can promote the return of acute hepatitis to normal; has a protective effect on carbon tetrachloride poisoning, and can inhibit the increase in serum alanine aminotransferase caused by this. It has a protective effect on nephrotoxicity. Taurine has a protective effect on the changes of rabbit primary renal tubular epithelial cells caused by cisplatin.