The role of taurine and its derivatives on cellular hypoxia: a physiological view.
Taurine (2-aminoethanosulfonic acid) appears to have an important role in cell protection against hypoxia. The mechanistic basis by which this amino acid and its derivatives are involved on these events, in brain or in other tissues, are discussed considering the antioxidant role of hypotaurine and some of its derivatives.
Lab. of Nutritional Biochemistry, University of Chile, Santiago.
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D000818:Animals; D015687:Cell Hypoxia / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D013654:Taurine / Q000502:physiology*
D013654:Taurine