taurine
pronunciation
How to pronounce taurine in British English:
UK [ˈtɔ:ri:n]
How to pronounce taurine in American English:
US ['tɔrin]
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- Noun:
- a colorless crystalline substance obtained from the bile of mammals
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or resembling a bull
Word Origin
- taurine (n.)
- also taurin, chemical substance (aminoethyl-sulphonic acid), 1845, from Latin taurus "bull" (see Taurus) + chemical suffix -ine (2); obtained by German professor Leopold Gmelin in 1826 and so called because it was first found in ox bile.
- taurine (adj.)
- 1610s, from Latin taurus (see Taurus) + -ine (1). In reference to a period in history, it means the time when the sun was in Taurus at the vernal equinox (roughly 4500-1900 B.C.E.).
Example
- 1. Ginseng , guarana , and taurine are among the key ingredients in emerging beverages .
- 2. The top 10 brands accounted for 75 per cent of sales , zenith found , with taurine and caffeine products making up 74 per cent of products .
- 3. In relation to other energy-enhancing ingredients , such as taurine , the committee was unable to conclude that the level reported in energy drinks was within any upper safety limit .
- 4. To create the image , bryan william jones " assigned " colors to three organic molecules found in mouse eyes : taurine ( red ) , glutamine ( green ) , and glutamate ( blue ) .
- 5. The uk , germany and spain accounted for 56 per cent of west european volume , while france , which recently permitted taurine as an ingredient after banning it for many years , was the fastest growing market .