Etude du métabolisme de la taurine chez le rat. Formation de sulfate

A study was made of the fate of 35S-taurine, which had been introduced into rats by intraperitoneal injection. The determinations of the radioactivity carried out on the urine and the faceal material were concerned with free and conjugated sulphate, taurine, organic sulphur and total sulphur. By means of chemical determinations it was possible to determine free taurine and taurine that could be liberated by acid hydrolysis. In the rat an appreciable amount of taurine is converted to sulphate, but it appears that the intestinal bacteria are responsible for this. Another portion of the injected taurine is found in the urine in the form of organic sulphur, at least partly as conjugated taurine. © 1957.SCOPUS: ar.j