Taurine

Abstract

A major problem facing biomedical science in the Western nations is the loss of faith by the public in the conventional health care system. This has given rise to a pluralistic attitude in which the public simultaneously patronizes conventional health care delivery while also using “natural” remedies, over-the-counter preparations, herbs, vitamin and mineral supplements, and turning for treatment to those who practice any of a wide variety of so-called natural, holistic or traditional medicines. The latter may be eclectically derived from a variety of cultures, mixing elements of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayur-Vedic preparations, Japanese kampo and various European folk remedies. Accompanying this, at least in the U.S.A., has been the development of a common belief, articulated in a variety of ways, that being healthy is not so much a natural state, but one that must be maintained and protected by vigorous and continual intervention.KeywordsSulfur MetabolismSulfur Amino AcidPyrrolizidine AlkaloidTaurine ContentCardiomyopathic HamsterThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.