Table 2.  Taurine concentration in tissues and plasma following taurine supplementation for 3 weeks. Values are mean ± SD.

Tissue

 

3wCon/Sed

3wTau/Sed

3wCon/Exe

3wTau/Exe

GC-W

(nmol·mg-1)

13.8 (.3)

21.0 (.3)

14.1 (.3)

20.1 (.3) ‡*

GC-R

(nmol·mg-1)

21.4 (.7)

29.0 (.7)

21.7 (.7)

27.8 (.7)

Plantaris

(nmol·mg-1)

18.3 (.6)

24.0 (.6)

17.8 (0.6)

23.3 (.6)

Liver

(nmol·mg-1)

2.1 (1.8)

17.9 (1.8)

5.0 (2.0)

13.2 (1.8)

Plasma

(nmol·mg-1)

326 (288)

876 (561)

481 (396)

1201 (430)

Footnote: , p < 0.01 for the significant difference to the respective non-supplemented control group by two-way ANOVA. *, p < 0.05 for the significant difference to the 3wTau/Sed group by two-way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni’s post hoc analysis. Abbreviations: 3wCon/Sed; three-week non-supplemented and sedentary group, 3wTau/Sed; three-week taurine-supplemented and sedentary group, 3wCon/Exe; three-week non-supplemented and exercised group, 3wCon/Exe; three-week taurine-supplemented and exercised group, and see the footnote of Table 1 for other abbreviations.