Taurine=Bull Urine?

Question

Is it true that Taurine comes from Bull Urine and do they use this compound in Energy Drinks?

I'd also like to know which kinds and where you got this information from.

Answer 1

Taurine is a sulfonic acid which can be found in human and animal tissues, mostly bile.  I think you got bull urine from the fact that it was first discovered in the bile of an ox.  But it is not just from oxen.  

Yes, it is used in energy drinks.

For more info, check this wiki page.  They explain it in a lot of detail!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurine

Answer 2

its found in bulls brains and i think also in their testes not sure about urine. its in a lot of energy drinks just read the ingredients. its in red bull and i think mother and maybe also V

Answer 3

No its found in plants: http://www.ask.com/web?q=what%20is%20tau...

Answer 4

Taurine, or 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid, is an organic acid. It is also a major constituent of bile and can be found in lower amounts in the tissues of many animals including humans.[1][2] Taurine is a derivative of the sulfur-containing (sulfhydryl) amino acid, cysteine. Taurine is the only known naturally occurring sulfonic acid.[3]

Taurine is named after the Latin taurus, which means bull or ox, as it was first isolated from ox bile in 1827 by German scientists Friedrich Tiedemann and Leopold Gmelin.[4] It is often called an amino acid, even in scientific literature,[5][6][7] but as it lacks a carboxyl group it is not strictly an amino acid.[8] It does contain a sulfonate group and may be called an amino sulfonic acid. Small polypeptides have been identified which contain taurine but to date no aminoacyl tRNA synthetase has been identified as specifically recognizing taurine and capable of incorporating it onto a tRNA

....................ugh, learn somethin new everyday!

Answer 5

Every one had my answer already, so here's an interesting fact not mentioned yet,

Taurine is secreted in human breastmilk (more so than in cows milk) and is consequently a substance in which infants need for nourishment and proper development.

http://fn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/fu...