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In spite of the interest in the pharmacology of taurine, little information is available on its absorption into the blood stream after administration to the rat. For this reason, we conducted a pharmacokinetic study on the fate of injected taurine in rat plasma for 4 h and measured its effects on a large number of plasma amino acids and related compounds.
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Korang, K., Milakofsky, L., Hare, T.A., Hofford, J.M., Vogel, W.H. (1996). Taurine Administration Raises Plasma Taurine Levels and Affects Certain Plasma Amino Acids and Related Compounds in Rats. In: Huxtable, R.J., Azuma, J., Kuriyama, K., Nakagawa, M., Baba, A. (eds) Taurine 2. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 403. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0182-8_5
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