Can taurine be a biomarker of recovery during withdrawal of heroin?

• In: Clinical Biology - Posters
• At: Basel (Switzerland) (2008)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: CBS-P-007
• By: GHANDFOROUSH-SATTARI, Mohammadreza (Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran)
• Co-author(s): Nemati, Mahboob (Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, TABRIZ, Iran)
  Mashayekhi, Siminozar (Hematology and Oncology Research Centre, Tabriz, Iran, Iran)
  Azadi, Hamid (Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, TABRIZ, Iran)
  
• Abstract:

  Taurine is one of the most abundant sulpho-amino acids in the body. Hypertaurinemia has already been reported following different stress states. A previous study has demonstrated a significant increase in the serum taurine concentration in the heroin addicts. Therefore, we hypothesized that taurine could be suggested as a biomarker of recovery..

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