Taurine Protects against Postischemic Brain Injury via the Antioxidant Activity of Taurine Chloramine

• Main Authors: Song-I Seol (Author), Hyun Jae Kim (Author), Eun Bi Choi (Author), In Soon Kang (Author), Hye-Kyung Lee (Author), Ja-Kyeong Lee (Author), Chaekyun Kim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Taurine is ubiquitously distributed in mammalian tissues and is highly concentrated in the heart, brain, and leukocytes. Taurine exerts neuroprotective effects in various central nervous system diseases and can suppress infarct formation in stroke. Taurine reacts with myeloperoxidase (MPO)-derived h...