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Taurine Side Effects, Interactions and Warnings


Taurine possesses hypotensive effects.
- J Clin Invest 1988 Sep;82(3):993-7 -- Hypotensive effect of taurine. Possible involvement of the sympathetic nervous system and endogenous opiates. -- Fujita T, Sato Y.

Suggest an adverse effect of taurine administration on phosphatidylcholine hepatic synthesis.
- Experientia 1986 Apr 15;42(4):407-8 -- Effect of taurine administration on liver lipids in guinea pig. -- Cantafora A, Mantovani A, Masella R, Mechelli L, Alvaro D.

Taurine is known to lower blood pressure in essential hypertension and some experimental hypertensive models.
- Hypertens Res 2000 May;23(3):277-84 -- Oral taurine supplementation prevents the development of ethanol-induced hypertension in rats. -- Harada H, Kitazaki K, Tsujino T, Watari Y, Iwata S, Nonaka H, Hayashi T, Takeshita T, Morimoto K, Yokoyama M.

Excess dietary pyridoxine affected brain and serum concentrations of some amino acids and binding properties of cortical serotonin receptors.
- J Nutr 1998 Oct;128(10):1829-35 -- Dietary excess of vitamin B-6 affects the concentrations of amino acids in the caudate nucleus and serum and the binding properties of serotonin receptors in the brain cortex of rats. -- Schaeffer MC, Gretz D, Gietzen DW, Rogers QR.


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