A pilot study of the effect of taurine on patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver / 中国实用内科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective TO investigate the efficacy and safety of taurine in this disorder.Methods Nineteen patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver verifie d by B ultrasound and (or) computed tomography were included in this pilot study .Viral,alcoholic,autoimmune and other hepatic diseases were excluded.Patients we re given 6.0 g of taurine daily for 3 months.Measurement of liver function,s erum lipid profile,fast blood glucose,and B ultrasound and (or) computed tomogra phy examination were done before and after three-month treatment.Results A significant decrease in the serum levels of alanine a minotransferase,aspartate aminotransferase and ?-glutamyl transpeptidase (P