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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.
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Table of contents (66 chapters)
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Front Matter
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A Voice From the Past: Where are the Cats?
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Cardiovascular and Renal Effects of Taurine
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Role of Taurine in Diabetes
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Osmoregulatory Properties of Taurine and Taurine Transport
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Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Taurine 5
Book Subtitle: Beginning the 21st Century
Editors: John B. Lombardini, Stephen W. Schaffer, Junichi Azuma
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0077-3
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-47769-0Published: 30 June 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-4913-6Published: 13 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-0077-3Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 573
Topics: Biochemistry, general, Human Physiology, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Nutrition, Neurology