A powerful antioxidant tripeptide found in cells that protects them from damage and is important for immune function.
From glut- (related to glutamic acid) + -athione, a chemistry suffix for thiol-containing compounds. Discovered in 1888 in yeast.
Glutathione is your body's master antioxidant and detoxifier—yet it's named with such a technical suffix that few people outside biochemistry know they have trillions of these molecules protecting their cells right now, cleaning up damage from everything from pollution to aging!
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