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A vet apparently told a customer that she needs to add coconut or olive oil to their pet's food to enhance absorption of taurine...

 

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What about that tells you it's hydrophobic or fat-soluble!

 

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  1. ARikozuM

    ARikozuM

    The HO (or OH) on the end shows that it is a polar molecule and thus will not dissolve into fats, but will dissolve into water. 

  2. ARikozuM

    ARikozuM

    Are you a potato? Cuz you've got "Idaho" written all over yourself. 

  3. captain_to_fire

    captain_to_fire

    Taurine is a polar molecule because...

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    its functional groups contain an electronegative atom and capable of intramolecular H-bonding; a requirement for an organic compound to be water soluble. In the cause of Taurine, the H-bonding exceeded the hydrophobic forces.

    • hydroxyl anion is polar
    • amino side chain is polar
    • sulfoxide bond is also polar

    Unlike ADEK vitamins that need to hitchhike on lipids to be absorbed via simple diffusion, Taurine needs a channel to be absorbed via a channel just like amino acids which are mostly water soluble.

     

     

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