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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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Taurine Synthesis, Localization, Determination, and Nutrition
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- Mi Young Lee, Sun Hee Cheong, Kyung Ja Chang, Mi Ja Choi, Soon Ki Kim
Pages 285-290
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- Jeonghee Lee, Heaeun You, Hyuni Sung, Jinoh Kwak, Kyung Ja Chang, Seoyoun Kim et al.
Pages 291-296
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- Lucimey Lima, Francisco Obregón, Mary Urbina, Isabel Carreira, Edith Baccichet, Solisbella Peña
Pages 297-304
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Taurine: Growth, Antioxidants, and Inflammation
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Front Matter
Pages 305-305
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- Stephen Schaffer, Junichi Azuma, Kyoko Takahashi, Mahmood Mozaffari
Pages 307-321
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- Ramesh C. Gupta, Sung-Jin Kim
Pages 323-328
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- Ewa Kontny, Włodzimierz Maśliński, Janusz Marcinkiewicz
Pages 329-340
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- Michael R. Quinn, Madhabi Barua, Yong Liu, Valeria Serban
Pages 341-348
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- Michael R. Quinn, Madhabi Barua, Yong Liu, Valeria Serban
Pages 349-356
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- Valeria Serban, Michael R. Quinn, Yong Liu
Pages 357-364
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- Michael R. Quinn, Madhabi Barua, Yong Liu, Valeria Serban
Pages 365-372
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- Yusei Miyamoto, Atsuhiro Kanayama, Jun-Ichiro Inoue, Yoshiko S. Konishi, Makoto Shimizu
Pages 373-380
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- Georgia B. Schuller-Levis, Ronald E. Gordon, Chuanhua Wang, Eunkyue Park
Pages 395-402
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- Francesco Santangelo, Julio Cortijo, Esteban Morcillo
Pages 403-410
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- C. Wersinger, G. Rebel, I. Lelong-Rebel
Pages 411-417
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Taurine: Retina and the Brain
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Front Matter
Pages 419-419
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- John W. Phillis, Michael H. O’regan
Pages 433-444
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- Pirjo Saransaari, Simo S. Oja
Pages 445-451
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