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- Editors:
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John B. Lombardini
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Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA
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Stephen W. Schaffer
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School of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, USA
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Junichi Azuma
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Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Table of contents (66 chapters)
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Osmoregulatory Properties of Taurine and Taurine Transport
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- Hye Suk An, Hee Chang Han, Taesun Park, Kun Koo Park, Ha Won Kim
Pages 131-138
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- Xiaobin Han, Andrea Budreau Patters, Russell W. Chesney
Pages 139-147
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- Xiaobin Han, Andrea Budreau Patters, Russell W. Chesney
Pages 149-157
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- Kun-Koo Park, Eunhye Jung, Sang-Keun Chon, Mooseok Seo, Ha Won Kim, Taesun Park
Pages 159-166
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- Sungyoun Park, Haemi Lee, Kun-Koo Park, Ha Won Kim, Taesun Park
Pages 167-174
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- Kun-Koo Park, Sang-Keun Chon, Eunhye Jung, Mooseok Seo, Ha Won Kim, Taesun Park
Pages 175-181
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- B. Ordaz, R. Franco, K. Tuz
Pages 183-187
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- Hemanta K. Sarkar, Ernest M. Wright, Kathryn J. Boorer, Donald D. F. Loo
Pages 197-204
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- Shyamala Vinnakota, Hemanta K. Sarkar
Pages 205-212
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- Makoto Shimizu, Tetsunosuke Mochizuki, Hideo Satsu
Pages 213-217
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Taurine Synthesis, Localization, Determination, and Nutrition
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Front Matter
Pages 219-219
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- Hironori Nakamura, Toshihiko Ubuka
Pages 221-228
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- Ning Ma, Xiaohui Ding, Tatsuo Miwa, Reiji Semba
Pages 229-236
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- Kyoko Takahashi, Hideyasu Matsuda, Kayoko Kinoshita, Norikazu Matsunaga, Akihiko Sumita, Takahisa Matsuda et al.
Pages 237-244
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- Young S. Jung, Hye E. Kwak, Kwon H. Choi, Young C. Kim
Pages 245-252
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- Kyung Ja Chang, Chai Hyeock Yu, Miwon Son
Pages 253-259
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- Wen Chen, Naomichi Nishimura, Hiroaki Oda, Hidehiko Yokogoshi
Pages 261-267
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- E. S. Kim, J. S. Kim, M. H. Yim, Y. Jeong, Y. S. Ko, T. Watanabe et al.
Pages 277-283
About this book
The Taurine Symposium- "Taurine: Beginning the 21'' Century"- was held September 20-23, 2002, on the beautiful island of Kauai in Hawaii. The headquarters of the meeting was the Radisson Kauai Beach Resort. This international meeting was attending by approximately 80 individuals from 23 nations and 4 continents. Seventy-five papers were presented either as platform presentations or poster presentations. Taurine, first isolated from ox bile in 1827 by Tiedemann and Gmelin and named in 1838 by Demarcay, became of significant scientific interest in 1968 when the first extensive review article was published by Jacobsen and Smith. Interest in taurine grew exponentially after 1975 when the first taurine symposium was organized by Ryan Huxtable in Tucson, Arizona. Since that date, taurine symposia have been held approximately every two years held in various cities and resort areas around the world. Taurine investigators have had the privilege of attending these scientific meetings on three continents - Asia, Europe, and North America. Since the initial meeting in 1975, a central question addressed during many of the symposia has been: "What is physiological, pharmacological, nutritional, and pathological role of taurine?". Although taurine has been established as an important osmolyte, it appears to affect many other biological processes. However, the exact mechanism(s) by "which taurine acts" has not yet been definitively answered. In Kauai, the patticipants discussed many topics and asked many questions regarding the role and actions of taurine.
Editors and Affiliations
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Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA
John B. Lombardini
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School of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, USA
Stephen W. Schaffer
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Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Junichi Azuma