Possible Interaction: Taurine and Vitamin C

“Thus, we have revealed antioxidant activity of the combination of taurine and vitamin C with positive effect on the indexes of carbohydrate, lipid metabolism and hepatoprotective characteristics in patients with diabetes mellitus type II with NPDR.”

“Supplemental vitamin C and arginine also have the potential to boost platelet production of NO Increased intakes of taurine , magnesium, gamma-tocopherol, fish oil, and garlic may help to stabilize platelets by additional mechanisms.”

“Caffeine and taurine treatments resulted in significant differences between the control and ascorbic acid groups with respect to subjective daytime and nighttime activity (p<0.05).”

“Dietary taurine potentiated the increases of urinary excretion of ascorbic acid and the rise in the levels of cytochrome P-450 which were induced by PCB.”

“The combined treatment of taurine and ascorbic acid also significantly recovered altered antioxidant markers, and induced lipid peroxidation to near normal levels.”

“The combined treatment of taurine and ascorbic acid decreased caspase-3, bax, pro-NGF, and p53 mRNA expression by more than 30% compared to individual treatments.”

“The combined treatment of taurine and ascorbic acid decreased mRNA expression of interleukin-6 (IL-6), cyclooxygenase-2, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) compared to the individual treatments of taurine and ascorbic acid.”

“The combined treatment of taurine and ascorbic acid reduced caspase-3 and p53 expression by 33.7% and 44%, respectively, compared to individual treatments.”