Glutaurine

Glutaurine containing glutamine and taurine residues is an orally active hormone of the parathyroid. Glutaurine, as a hormone, is isolated from parathyroid gland oxyphil cells. Glutaurine can be used for the research of antiepileptic and anti-amnesia[1][2][3][4].

Product Specifications

CAS Number

[56488-60-9]

Product Name Alternative

Litoralon

UNSPSC

12352211

Hazard Statement

H302, H315, H319, H335

Target

Thyroid Hormone Receptor

Type

Reference compound

Related Pathways

Vitamin D Related/Nuclear Receptor

Applications

Neuroscience-Neurodegeneration

Field of Research

Neurological Disease

Assay Protocol

https://www.medchemexpress.com/glutaurine.html

Purity

92.0

Solubility

H2O : 125 mg/mL (ultrasonic)

Smiles

OC([C@@H](N)CCC(NCCS(=O)(O)=O)=O)=O

Molecular Formula

C7H14N2O6S

Molecular Weight

254.26

Precautions

H302, H315, H319, H335

References & Citations

[1]Balázs M, et al. Effects of glutaurine treatment on electroshock-induced amnesia. Antiamnesic action of glutaurine. Neuropeptides. 1988;12 (2) :55-58.|[2]Feuer L, et al. Effect of glutaurine, a newly discovered parathyroid hormone on rat thymus cultures. Acta Morphol Acad Sci Hung. 1978;26 (2) :87-94.|[3]Baskin S, et al. The effect of glutaurine on thyroid hormones in the rat. Neuropeptides. 1987;9 (1) :45-50.|[4]Uemura S, et al. Gamma-glutamyltaurine has potent and long-lasting antiepileptic action as demonstrated by intra-amygdaloid injection in amygdala-kindled rats. Brain Res. 1992;594 (2) :347-350.