Basic Information |
Product Name | Glutathione |
Other Name | L-Glutathione Reduced |
Specification | 99% |
Appearance | white or off white powder |
CAS NO. | 70-18-8 |
Molecular Formula | C20H32N6O12S2 |
Molecular Weight | 612.63 |
1 Glutathione (GSH) is a tripeptidethat prevents damage to important cellular components caused by reactive
oxygen species such as free radicals and peroxides.
2 Glutathione reduces disulfide bonds formed within cytoplasmicproteins to cysteines by serving as an
electron donor.
3 Glutathione is found almost exclusively in its reduced form, is constitutively active and inducible upon
oxidative stress.