Glucose is the major energy source for mammalian cells as well as an important substrate for protein and lipid synthesis. It enters from extracellular fluid into the cell through two distinct families of structurally related glucose transporters. Once in the cells, glucose is transformed through
Glutathione, a non-protein thiol containing molecule, is a fundamental antioxidant in plants, animals, fungi, and some bacteria and archaea, preventing damage to important cellular components caused by reactive oxygen species such as free radicals and peroxides. In mammals, the liver is the largest glutathione reservoir.
Oxidative stress is well known to be involved in the pathogenesis of lifestyle-related diseases, including aging, atherosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, ischemic diseases, neurodegeneration and/or malignancies. Oxidative stress has long been defined as highly detrimental in humans as oxygen free radicals attack then destroy biological molecules
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