Taurine

Taurine

English Name: Taurine

Chinese: Taurine

CAS number: 107-35-7

Molecular formula: C2H7NO3S

Molecular weight: 125.15

The melting point of 305.11 DEG C:

Solubility: soluble in water, insoluble in ethanol, ethyl ether

Density: 1.734g/cm3 (-173.15K)

Appearance: white or off white crystal or crystalline powder

Sources and separation method: taurine (Taurine) also known as beta - aminoethanesulfonic acid, the first by Niu Huangzhong separated, so the name. Pure colorless or white oblique shaped crystal, odorless, taurine, stable chemical property, insoluble in ether and other organic solvents, non protein a sulfur-containing amino acid, in the body occur in the free state, not in the body of protein biosynthesis. Taurine although not involved in protein synthesis and metabolism, but it was with cystine, cysteine is closely related to the. Cysteine sulfurous acid carboxylase human synthesis of taurine (CSAD) lower activity, mainly rely on taurine uptake in food to meet the needs of the body.