TABLE 1.

Clinical studies with taurine

Taurine dose	Subjects	Results	Reference
3 g/day for 30 to 45 days	CHF	Decreased left ventricular end-diastolic volume	Jeejeebhoy et al (36)
6 g/day for 4 weeks	CHF	Cardiac function was improved, no side effects	Azuma et al (41)
3 g/day for 7 weeks	Overweight	Decreased TG and body weight	Zhang et al (53)
6 g/day for 3 weeks	High lipid diet	Decreased serum cholesterol and LDL, increased VLDL and TG	Mizushima et al (54)
0.4 g/day for 2 weeks	Healthy volunteer	Decreased platelet aggregation and platelet release	Hayes et al (58)
1.5 g/day for 90 days	Diabetes	Decreased platelet aggregation	Franconi et al (75)
6 g/day for 1 week	Hypertension	Decreased blood pressure	Militante and Lombardini (110)

CHF Congestive heart failure; LDL Low-density lipoprotein; TG Triglyceride; VLDL Very low-density lipoprotein