Old question about cysteine, taurine, and sulfur foods.

[Guest guest]

> Why is Cysteine so dangerous to take (if you are high) but other

> sulfur based aminos like taurine are'nt?

Answer:

Cysteine contains a single SH group that can weakly attach to Hg and

drag it around a bit (the Hg does further damage as it moves around).

http://chemistry.about.com/library/graphics/blcyst.htm

In taurine the S is surrounded by Os and a C and can't attach to Hg.

http://www.answers.com/topic/taurine

What is chemically the sulfur compound and why is it like cysteine in

the damage it can do?

Thanks