Anasayfa-Blog-What Is Glutathione, What Does It Do?
Glutathione is a substance normally produced by the liver in the body, but is also found in fruits, vegetables and meats. Glutathione is involved in many processes in the body, including tissue building and repair, making needed chemicals and proteins in the body, and the immune system. Cysteine is a tripeptide composed of glycine and glutamate. It exists in two forms: the intracellular reduced form (reduced) and the oxidized form.
Glutathione is thought to have several reasons for its skin lightening effect: 1- its antioxidant properties, 2- its ability to switch eumelanin production to pheomelanin (the type of melanin found in people with lighter skin tones), 3- its inhibitory effect on tyrosinase (a key enzyme in melanogenesis).
Doctors often give glutathione intravenously (by injection into a vein, by IV) to prevent anemia in kidney patients on hemodialysis, prevent kidney problems after heart bypass surgery, treat Parkinson's disease, improve blood flow, and reduce clotting. It is also used in people with "hardening of the arteries" (atherosclerosis), who are being treated for diabetes, and to prevent the toxic side effects of chemotherapy.
Stimulates immune function.
It improves the properties of the skin.
Improves semen parameters
Decreases the viscosity of the blood
It increases the glutathione levels in the body below the optimal level due to aging and environmental stress factors
