Taruine nibintu kama kama kibaho cyane mubice byinyamanswa.Ni acide ya sulfure amino, ariko ntabwo ikoreshwa muri synthesis.Ikungahaye mu bwonko, amabere, uruhago n'impyiko.Ni aside amine yingenzi mumyanya yabanjirije kandi yavutse yabantu.Ifite ubwoko butandukanye bwimikorere ya physiologique harimo kuba nka neurotransmitter mu bwonko, guhuza aside aside, anti-okiside, osmoregulation, membrane stabilisation, guhindura ibimenyetso bya calcium, kugenzura imikorere yumutima nimiyoboro y'amaraso kimwe no guteza imbere n'imikorere y'imitsi ya skeletale, retina, hamwe na sisitemu yo hagati.