What is GSH? / Gail, was Pacing...Using Liposomal GSH to recover

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Hi Gail,

GSSH is oxidized glutathione. GSH is reduced glutathione. Don't ask

me what the difference is because I haven't the vaguest notion! (Just

old stuff from when I used to edit Journal of Neurochemistry.) I bet

Rich could tell us.

Here...if no one in the group answers you about abbreviations and

acronyms, sometimes this is helpful.

http://www.acronymfinder.com/

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netsukeme wrote:

> Hi Gail,

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> GSSH is oxidized glutathione. GSH is reduced glutathione. Don't ask

> me what the difference is because I haven't the vaguest notion! (Just

> old stuff from when I used to edit Journal of Neurochemistry.) I bet

> Rich could tell us.

>

> Here...if no one in the group answers you about abbreviations and

> acronyms, sometimes this is helpful.

> http://www.acronymfinder.com/

>

>

> in Champaign IL

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> Thanks for the reply.

>

Gail

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[Guest guest]

Gail and ,

Yes, that's correct. Glutathione carries out its functions starting

from the reduced state, GSH. Some of it is oxidized to GSSH, which

is two glutathione molecules bound together by a disulfide bond.

This occurs when glutathione is used to reduce an oxidizing free

radical or a peroxide. In order to be used again, the oxidized

glutathione must be recycled. This is done by an enzyme called

glutathione reductase. It makes use of riboflavin and also NADPH,

which is produced in the pentose phosphate shunt, and alternate

pathway that is part of the glycolysis pathway, which is used to

begin the metabolism of glucose. So it requires metabolizing some

carbohydrate to recycle the glutathione so it can be used again.

Rich

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