Glutathione

Every compound in the sci-wiki that affects glutathione; the ones you can source are floated to the front, then the reference-only entries. Tap any for the full entry, mechanism, and outlets.

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Supplement

NACET

NACET is a lipophilic ethyl-ester version of NAC (N-acetylcysteine). The ester makes it far more cell-permeable and orally absorbable than NAC, so more of it reaches tissues, where it is cleaved back to NAC and cysteine and feeds glutathione, the body's main built-in antioxidant.

2 outlets

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Amino Acid

L-Methionine

L-Methionine is an essential sulfur-containing amino acid and the dietary precursor to S-adenosylmethionine, the body's main methyl donor; its metabolism necessarily passes through homocysteine on the way to cysteine and glutathione [1].

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