taurine
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- noun
- /ˈtɔːrɪn/
- Specialized
- OK, taurine has antioxidant properties that supports immune function and thyroid health.
- amino acid taurine
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Watch on YouTubeHuman cells just don't do that unless they need lots of taurine inside that cell.
- Human cells just don't do that unless they need lots of taurine inside that cell.
- The first nutrient is taurine, which you can see the molecule here.
- For example, if you're eating beef, you're eating for creatine, carnitine, taurine and serine, bioavailable iron, zinc, selenium.
Examples
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Supplementing with taurine may help improve heart health and support overall wellness.
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Studies suggest that taurine can play a crucial role in metabolic processes in mammals.
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Dogs can survive without meat, though it's far from their optimum diet, but "vegan" cats must be supplemented with taurine, which is only found naturally in animal products.
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Like any good college product, the frozen drink, like a Slurpee, is charged with caffeine, B vitamins, and the amino acid taurine.
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For example, ARS researchers found a link between cataract development and lower levels of vitamin B6, folate, and taurine in the diets of the elderly.
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FDA officials want to make sure it's safe as a dietary supplement, something the AeroShot's inventors say is a sure thing, as it doesn't have taurine or other additives used to spike caffeine effectiveness in other drinks.
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Many energy drinks contain taurine as a key ingredient for enhancing athletic performance.
Surface Forms
Morphology
taurine = Taurus (opaque) = taur + ine
The chemical name is formed from a Latin root referring to the bull plus the chemical/adjectival suffix '-ine'; the morpheme 'taur-' is not a productive English base and the chemical sense cannot be derived by an average B1 learner from familiar English components.
Etymology
Taurine was named from the Latin taurus 'bull' because scientists first found it in the bile of a bull. So taurine is a chemical tied to bile and to body metabolism, which is why it is added to energy drinks and supplements.