摘要:
牛磺酸与婴幼儿生长发育的关系受到广泛关注的同时，现有研究成果也呈现出不少争议。动物、细胞实验研究表明，牛磺酸可促进机体体重增长、神经智能发育与神经细胞分化；而针对婴幼儿体格生长、脂肪吸收、神经发育等方面的对照实验研究却以阴性结果居多。牛磺酸是否促进生长发育，这需要剖析动物细胞实验与人群实验的区别与联系并改进研究方法以展开进一步探索。
Abstract: The relationship between taurine and growth and development of infants has aroused general attention for years. The existing research results showed some controversy that taurine had definite effects on physical growth, neu- ral differentiation and neurodevelopment in experimental studies of animals and cells, while in studies aimed at physical growth, neurodevelopment and fat absorption in infants, only a few positive results were observed. In view of the dis- tinction and connection between nonhuman experiments and human experiments, it requires researchers to improve methods to further explore whether taurine promotes growth and development.