Optimal and effective oral dose of taurine to prolong exercise performance in rat

Amino Acids. 2004 Dec;27(3-4):291-8. doi: 10.1007/s00726-004-0133-1. Epub 2004 Oct 22.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the effective and optimum dose of taurine for exercise performance and to maintain tissue taurine concentration. Rats received a respective daily dose of 0, 20, 100, and 500 mg/kg body weight of taurine (EC and ET-1, -2, -3 groups, respectively) for two weeks, and then, were subjected to treadmill until exhaustion. The running time to exhaustion was significantly prolonged by 25% and 50% in the ET-2 and -3 groups, respectively, compared to that in the EC group accompanied with maintenance of taurine tissue concentrations. Furthermore, the oxidative glutathione per total glutathione ratio in tissues was inhibited in the ET-2 and -3 groups whereas it was higher in the EC group than in both the no exercise and taurine-administered groups. Therefore the effective and optimal doses of oral taurine administration for two weeks on a transient exercise performance were between 100 and 500 mg/kg/day.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Animals
  • Body Weight / drug effects
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Glutathione / blood
  • Glutathione / metabolism
  • Glutathione Disulfide / blood
  • Glutathione Disulfide / metabolism
  • Lipid Peroxides / blood
  • Lipid Peroxides / metabolism
  • Male
  • Organ Size / drug effects
  • Physical Conditioning, Animal*
  • Physical Endurance
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Taurine / administration & dosage*
  • Taurine / blood
  • Taurine / pharmacokinetics
  • Tissue Distribution

Substances

  • Lipid Peroxides
  • Taurine
  • Glutathione
  • Glutathione Disulfide