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It has been recognized that major handicaps to the elucidation of the functional significance of taurine in mammals were the absence of simple methods for depleting tissues of taurine, and the absence of a pharmacological antagonist to taurine1,2. These handicaps have been lessened since the introduction of the structural analogue of taurine, guanidinoethane sulfonate (GES), as a tool for modifying taurine levels in certain species3.
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Huxtable, R.J., Bonhaus, D., Nakagawa, K., Laird, H.E., Pasantes-Morales, H. (1985). Taurine and the Actions of Guanidinoethane Sulfonate. In: Mori, A., Cohen, B.D., Lowenthal, A. (eds) Guanidines. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0752-6_22
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