Just as some women go through emotional changes when hormones fluctuate during the menstrual cycle, women who have hysterectomies with removal of the ovaries can experience sadness, anxiety and mood swings, which can be severe. This is due to the sudden drop in female hormone levels after the surgery.
Taurine (/ËtÉËriËn/), or 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid, is an organic compound that is widely distributed in animal tissues. It is a major constituent of bile and can be found in the large intestine, and accounts for up to 0.1% of total human body weight.
An organic acid, taurine is derived from cysteine (an amino acid). As cysteine contains sulfur, & taurine is derived from cysteine, taurine is also classed as a sulfonic acid. The structural formula of taurine is C2H7NO3S. In 1827, German chemists Leopold Gmelin and Friedrich Tiedemann isolated taurine from ox bile. Bile is the digestive juice produced in the liver. Stored in the gallbladder, bile helps the body digest food, particularly fats.