Taurine as a natural antioxidant: From direct antioxidant effects to protective action in various toxicological models

PF Surai, K Earle-Payne, MT Kidd - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Natural antioxidants have received tremendous attention over the last 3 decades. At the
same time, the attitude to free radicals is slowly changing, and their signalling role in …

Preventive and therapeutic role of betaine in liver disease: A review on molecular mechanisms

C Wang, C Ma, L Gong, S Dai, Y Li - European journal of pharmacology, 2021 - Elsevier
Betaine is a kind of water-soluble quaternary amine-type alkaloid widely existing in food,
such as wheat germ, beet, spinach, shrimp and wolfberry. As an important methyl donor and …

1H NMR-based Metabolomic Profiling in Mice Infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis

JH Shin, JY Yang, BY Jeon, YJ Yoon… - Journal of proteome …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of three major infectious diseases, and the control of TB is
becoming more difficult because of the emergence of multidrug-resistant and extensively …

Antioxidant mechanism of betaine without free radical scavenging ability

M Zhang, H Zhang, H Li, F Lai, X Li… - Journal of agricultural …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Betaine (BET) is a native compound widely studied as an antioxidant in agriculture and
human health. However, the antioxidant mechanism of BET remains unclear. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Betaine treatment protects liver through regulating mitochondrial function and counteracting oxidative stress in acute and chronic animal models of hepatic …

R Heidari, H Niknahad, A Sadeghi… - Biomedicine & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Betaine is a derivative of the amino acid glycine widely investigated for its hepatoprotective
properties against alcoholism. The protective properties of betaine in different other …

[HTML][HTML] Role of S-adenosylmethionine, folate, and betaine in the treatment of alcoholic liver disease: summary of a symposium

V Purohit, MF Abdelmalek, S Barve… - The American journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
This report is a summary of a symposium on the role of S-adenosylmethionine (SAM),
betaine, and folate in the treatment of alcoholic liver disease (ALD), which was organized by …

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Taurine ameliorates thioacetamide induced liver fibrosis in rats via modulation of toll like receptor 4/nuclear factor kappa B signaling pathway

NS Younis, AMH Ghanim, MA Elmorsy, HA Metwaly - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Liver fibrosis is a significant health problem that can cause serious illness and death.
Unfortunately, a standard treatment for liver fibrosis has not been approved yet due to its …

Experimental evidence for therapeutic potential of taurine in the treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

CL Gentile, AM Nivala, JC Gonzales… - American Journal …, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
The incidence of obesity is now at epidemic proportions and has resulted in the emergence
of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) as a common metabolic disorder that can lead to …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic risk assessment and meta-analysis on the use of oral β-alanine supplementation

E Dolan, PA Swinton, V de Salles Painelli… - Advances in …, 2019 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT β-Alanine supplementation is one of the world's most commonly used sports
supplements, and its use as a nutritional strategy in other populations is ever-increasing …

Betaine supplementation prevents fatty liver induced by a high-fat diet: effects on one-carbon metabolism

R Deminice, RP Da Silva, SG Lamarre, KB Kelly… - Amino acids, 2015 - Springer
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of betaine supplementation on the
regulation of one-carbon metabolism and liver lipid accumulation induced by a high-fat diet …