Advances in Drug Design Based on the Amino Acid Approach: Taurine Analogues for the Treatment of CNS Diseases

• Main Authors: Paulo Renato Yamasaki (Author), Ednir Oliveira Vizioli (Author), Jean Leandro dos Santos (Author), Priscila Longhin Bosquesi (Author), Pedro Malatesta (Author), Man Chin Chung (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Amino acids are well known to be an important class of compounds for the maintenance of body homeostasis and their deficit, even for the polar neuroactive aminoacids, can be controlled by supplementation. However, for the amino acid taurine (2-aminoethanesulfonic acid) this is not true. Due its spec...