title: A possible physiological role of taurine in the adult female rat liver.
abstract: In agreement with previous results (Awapara, 1956), we noted that the taurine level in the liver of the adult female rat is higher than in the adult male rat: 9.44 and 2.08, respectively, expressed as a concentration (mumoles/g of liver). Furthermore, we observed a significant decrease of the taurine level (expressed similarly) in the liver of the lactating rat: 1.84 twenty-one days after the birth of pups. These observations suggest a physiological role for the higher concentration of taurine in the liver of the adult female rat: in other words, a reserve of taurine, whatever its origin in the adult female rat, may be needed for pup development.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008099:Liver / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013654:Taurine / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology*; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D013654:Taurine