牛磺酸的功效及其在保健食品中的应用研究进展

Research progress on the efficacy of taurine and its application in the health food

牛磺酸作为人体条件必需氨基酸,广泛存在于心脏、视网膜等组织中,其在体内发挥着非常关键的作用。近些年,随着对牛磺酸的研究逐渐深入,发现其主要存在于肉类和海产品中,并有多种生物功效,因此作为添加原料已经被广泛应用于保健食品中。本文介绍了牛磺酸的主要来源,并结合国内外文献总结了其增强免疫力、缓解疲劳、保护神经系统、改善记忆等多种生物学功能与作用机制,以及安全性评价。通过“特殊食品信息查询平台”和“药智网”数据库对保健食品数据进行检索和提取,汇总分析已获批牛磺酸类保健食品的保健功能、剂型、获批时间、地区分布等,总结了牛磺酸在我国保健食品市场中的应用现状,旨在为牛磺酸保健功能的深入探究及相关保健食品的开发利用提供参考。

As an essential amino acid,taurine is widely found in the heart,retina and other tissues,and plays a very crucial role in the body.In recent years,with the in-depth study of taurine,it is found that taurine mainly exists in meat and seafood and has many biological effects,so it has been widely used in health food as an additive raw material.This paper introduced the main sources of taurine,summarized its various physiological functions and mechanisms,including enhancing immunity,relieving fatigue,protecting the nervous system,improving memory and so on as well as safety evaluation based on domestic and foreign literature.Through searching and extracting the databases of“Special Food Information Query Platform”and“Medicine Intelligence Network”,analyzed the health functions,dosage forms,approval times,regional distribution of health foods approved for adding taurine,summarized the application status of taurine in the health food market in China,aiming to provide reference for the in-depth exploration of taurine’s health functions and the development and utilization of related health foods.