Table 2.

The effect of taurine on cellular cholesterol level (μg/mg · pro)

	Control	Taurine
		1 mM	10 mM	20 mM
		Culture for 24 h (n = 5)
TC	150.9 ± 7.7	140.8 ± 6.3	134.8 ± 5.3*	127.3 ± 5.9*
FC	105.2 ± 7.0	99.2 ± 6.0	93.5 ± 5.3*	86.9 ± 6.2*
EC	45.6 ± 3.1	41.6 ± 3.8	41.3 ± 2.3	40.4 ± 2.3*
		Culture for 48 h (n = 6)
TC	153.8 ± 2.7	132.7 ± 3.6*	119.6 ± 3.7*	112.1 ± 4.6*
FC	111.0 ± 4.8	98.3 ± 5.8*	85.3 ± 3.6*	72.5 ± 4.5*
EC	42.8 ± 4.4	34.4 ± 5.1*	34.3 ± 6.4*	39.5 ± 5.1

*Compared with control, P < 0.05