glutathion oral Acetyl-Glutathione 100 mg Gluvit-S Oral Liquid Glutathion –

After acclimatized for a week, the mice were randomly divided into different groups ( n = 6 per group) as follows: NOR (normal, untreated), CON (control, 0.9% saline with ethanol), Cys (200 mg/kg Cys with ethanol), GSH (200 mg/kg GSH with ethanol), MIX (200 mg/kg mixture of Cys and GSH with ethanol)

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When GSH, and subsequent mGSH, is low, ATP production is impaired

Abbreviations ACP1 - acid phosphatase CAT - catalase FMN - flavin mononucleotide GPX - glutathione peroxidase GSH - plasma reduced glutathione GSSG - oxidised glutathione MHR - methemoglobin reductase SOD - Zn/Cu superoxide dismutase TMR - transmembrane reductase of ferricyanide Methemoglobin reductase (MHR) is an erythrocyte cytosolic system responsible for reactivating haemoglobin's ability to transport oxygen after it has been converted into methemoglobin by reactive oxygen species (Board & Pidcock, 1981