Short Description:
CAS number： 107-35-7
Molecular formula： C2H7NO3S
molecular weight：125.15
Chemical structure：
| Basic Information | |
| Product name | Taurine |
| Grade | Food grade |
| Appearance | white Crystals or Crystalline powder |
| Assay | 99% |
| Shelf life | 2 Years |
| Packing | 25kg/bag |
| Characteristic | Stable. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents. |
| Condition | Kept in a light-proof, well-closed,dry and cool place |
The description of Taurine
As the conditionally essential amino acid of the human body, it is a kind of β- sulphamic acid. In mammalian tissues, it is a metabolite of methionine and cystine.It commonly exists in the form of free amino acids in various tissues of animals, but not goes into proteins without combination. Taurine is rarely found in plants. Early on, people had considered it a bile acid binding agent of taurocholic combined with cholic acid. It often be used as food additives.
Application and Function of Taurine
Taurine can be used in the food industry (baby and young children food, dairy products, sports nutrition food and cereal products, but also in the detergent industry and fluorescent brightener.
Taurine is an organic compounds that widely existing in animal tissues. It is a sulfur amino acid, but not being used for protein synthesis. It is rich in the brain, breasts, gallbladder and kidney. It is an essential amino acid in the pre-term and newborn infants of human. It has various kinds of physiological functions including being as a neurotransmitter in the brain, conjugation of bile acids, anti-oxidation, osmoregulation, membrane stabilization, modulation of calcium signaling, regulating the cardiovascular function as well as the development and function of skeletal muscle, the retina, and the central nervous system. It can be manufactured through the ammonolysis of isethionic acid or the reaction of aziridine with sulfurous acid. Because of its highly important physiological role, it can be supplied to energy drinks. It can also be used in cosmetics to maintain skin hydration, and used in some contact lens solution.
It is important nutrients for normal development and function of cranial nerve to play the role in adjusting a variety of nerve cells of the central nervous system; taurine in retina accounts for 40% to 50% of total free amino acid, which is necessary for maintaining the structure and function of photoreceptor cells; affecting the myocardial contracts dint, regulating calcium metabolism, controlling arrhythmia, lowering blood pressure, etc; maintaining cellular antioxidant activity to protect the tissues from damaging free radicals; decreasing platelet aggregation and so on.
Foods with a higher content of taurine include conch, clam, mussel, oyster, squid and other shellfish food, which could be up to 500 ~ 900mg/100g in the table part; the content in fish is comparably different; the content in poultry and offal is also rich; the content in human milk is higher than cow milk; taurine is not found in eggs and vegetable food.
