Glutathione

Description

    Glutathione (GSH), also known as glutathione or glutamine, is a tripeptide composed of glutamine, cysteine ​​and glycine. Its first peptide bond is different from ordinary peptide bonds. It is composed of the γ-carboxyl group of glutamic acid and the amino group of cysteine. In the molecule, the cysteine ​​hydroxyl group is the main functional group of the compound. Glutathione is an antioxidant found in plants, animals, fungi, and some bacteria and archaea. Glutathione can prevent damage to important cell components caused by reactive oxygen, free radicals, peroxides, lipid peroxides and heavy metals. As an antioxidant in animal cells, it exists in water-filled cells and can protect DNA from oxidation. Glutathione exists in the human body in two forms: reduced and oxidized. Spinach contains glutathione.

   Glutathione is a very important antioxidant in the human body, often called the "mother of antioxidants", but it gradually decreases with age, irregular lifestyle, poor eating habits, etc. In today's era, exposure to various toxins is inevitable. A healthy and well-nourished person can continuously remove toxins. However, due to the increase in environmental pollution, coupled with the general stress of modern people's work, frequent fast food, and insufficient intake of fresh vegetables and fruits, the skin has become dull, dry, aging, with spots, low immunity and easy to catch colds, etc. Some people also smoke and drink, which puts the body in a very fragile state. Therefore, the consumption of glutathione stored in the body is getting faster and faster, and the skin condition will become worse and worse.

    Excessive free radicals produced by the body's metabolism can damage biological membranes, invade macromolecules, accelerate the aging of the body, and induce the formation of tumors or atherosclerosis. Glutathione plays an important role in the biochemical defense system in the human body and has many physiological functions. Its main physiological function is to remove free radicals in the human body. As an important antioxidant in the body, it protects the sulfhydryl groups in many proteins and enzymes. The structure of GSH contains an active sulfhydryl group -SH, which is easily oxidized and dehydrogenated. This specific structure makes it the main free radical scavenger in the body. For example, when a small amount of H2O2 is generated in the cell, GSH reduces H2O2 to H2O under the action of glutathione peroxidase, and itself is oxidized to GSSG. GSSG is reduced to GSH by H under the action of glutathione reductase present in the liver and red blood cells, so that the free radical scavenging reaction in the body can continue.

Glutathione can reduce tyrosinase activity in three different ways.

1. Tyrosinase is directly inhibited by chelating copper sites with sulfhydryl groups.

2. Glutathione interferes with the cellular transfer of tyrosinase to premelanosomes, a prerequisite for melanin synthesis.

3. Third, tyrosinase inhibition is achieved indirectly through its antioxidant effects. Glutathione shifts melanogenesis from eumelanin to pheomelanin synthesis through a reaction between sulfhydryl groups and dopaquinone, resulting in the formation of sulfhydryl-dopa conjugates. Glutathione has a strong antioxidant capacity and has been shown to scavenge reactive oxygen species generated in epidermal cells induced by UV radiation.

Application:

Food Applications:

    Glutathione is widely used in the food industry. It can be added to yogurt and baby food to act as a stabilizer. It can also be added to meat, fish and seafood to inhibit nucleic acid decomposition. Adding it to pasta can shorten the mixing time of bread.

Cosmetic Applications:

    Glutathione can prevent the penetration of tyrosinase, thereby inhibiting the formation of melanin. It can eliminate wrinkles, increase skin elasticity, shrink pores, and lighten pigments. It has an excellent whitening effect on the human body. For decades, glutathione has been popular as a main ingredient in European and American cosmetics.

Food additives
Adding glutathione to food can play an unexpected role:
1. Adding it to flour products can play a reducing role. Not only can it shorten the time of making bread to one-half or one-third of the original time, but also greatly improve the working conditions, and play a role in strengthening food nutrition and other functions.
2. Adding it to yogurt and infant food is equivalent to vitamin C and can act as a stabilizer.
3. Mixing it into fish cakes can prevent the color from deepening.
4. Adding it to foods such as meat products and cheese has the effect of strengthening the flavor.

Delivery & Packaging
We usual packaging with foil bag powder 1kg/bag, export drum 25kg/drum.
Also accept customization service according your inquire.
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