INCI Name:
Glutathione Cas No:
******8 Formula:
C*0H*7N3O6S Molecular:**7.*2 Sequence:
Glu-Cys-Gly Purity:>*5% Boiling Point:
**6.4±*0.0 °C at **0 mmHg Vapour Pressure::
0.0±5.5 mmHg at *5°C Enthalpy of
Vaporization: **9.9±6.0 kJ/mol Flash Point:
**1.3±*2.9 °C Source:
synthetic Stability:
stable Appearance: white
powder Formulation: available
for your reference Delivery: promptly
from stock 3.Description:
Glutathione (GSH) is an important antioxidant in plants, animals,
fungi, and some bacteria and archaea, preventing damage to
importantcellular components caused by reactive oxygen species such
as free radicals, peroxides, lipid peroxides and heavy metals. It
is atripeptide with a gamma peptide linkage between the carboxyl
group of the glutamate side-chain and the amine group of cysteine
(which is attached by normal peptide linkage to a glycine).
Thiol groups are reducing agents, existing at a concentration
around 5 mM in animal cells. Glutathione reduces disulfide bonds
formed within cytoplasmic proteins to cysteines by serving as an
electron donor. In the process, glutathione is converted to its
oxidized form,glutathione disulfide (GSSG), also called
L-()-glutathione.
Once oxidized, glutathione can be reduced back by glutathione
reductase, using NADPH as an electron donor. The ratio of reduced
glutathione to oxidized glutathione within cells is often used as a
measure of cellular toxicity.
