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Morita and Asada1 have shown a considerable amount of taurine and other sulphur compounds to be present in the platelets of human blood. We have attempted to determine the level of taurine in platelets and the probable metabolic pathway of its formation.
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FRENDO, J., KOJ, A. & ZGLICZYŃSKI, J. Taurine in Human Blood Platelets. Nature 183, 685–686 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183685a0
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