Liver protection Besides, glutathione can also participate in carboxymethyl and transpropylamino reactions, thus achieving the physiological effect of protecting liver function [1][2]
Vitamin C has been shown to restore intracellular glutathione and enhance its effects
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In heterodimeric GST complexes such as those formed by the cytosolic mu and alpha classes, however, the cleft between the two subunits is home to an additional high-affinity nonsubstrate xenobiotic binding site, which may account for the enzymes' ability to form heterodimers
Cysteamine, in fact, is reportedly three times more powerful a cysteine booster than N-acetylcysteine (NAC)
