TAURINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does taurine mean? 

• TAURINE (noun)
  The noun TAURINE has 1 sense:

1. a colorless crystalline substance obtained from the bile of mammals

  Familiarity information: TAURINE used as a noun is very rare.

• TAURINE (adjective)
  The adjective TAURINE has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or resembling a bull

  Familiarity information: TAURINE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAURINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless crystalline substance obtained from the bile of mammals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("taurine" is a kind of...):

chemical compound; compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)

• TAURINE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or resembling a bull

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

bull (uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle)

 Context examples 

The primary bile acids, cholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid, are synthesized in the liver and conjugated with taurine or glycine before secretion via bile into the intestine.

(Bile Acid Biosynthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

The problem may lie with all the additional ingredients (sugar, ginseng, taurine etc.) in energy drinks, as noted in a 2017 study.

(3 Cups Of Coffee Daily Could Improve Heart Function, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Also required in the manufacture of amino acid taurine, Cysteine is a component of the antioxidant glutathione, and plays a role in the metabolism of essential biochemicals such as coenzyme A, heparin, and biotin.

(Cysteine, NCI Thesaurus)

The lipid emulsion portion contains soybean oil, medium-chain triglycerides, olive oil and fish oil; the amino acid solution contains alanine, arginine, glycine, histidine, leucine, isoleucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, taurine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, and valine.

(Electrolyte-free Parenteral Nutrition Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)