This post-translational modification is now recognised as a major mechanism of redox-regulated cell signalling, controlling the activity of transcription factors, kinases, phosphatases, and metabolic enzymes in response to the intracellular redox environment
You may have heard that saunas work well for detoxing
In particular, some studies report the ratio of free GSH to GSSG [19, 22,23,24,25,26], whereas others quantify and report total GSH (i.e., free GSH + 2xGSSG) [12, 19, 24, 26,27,28,29,30]
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Its major role is as an antioxidant (1) , involved in the elimination of free radicals and the detoxification of the liver through liver glutathione
Glutathione Glutathione is produced naturally by the liver and also found in fruits, vegetables and meats