glutathione

glutathione
noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary gluta- (from glutamic acid) + thi- + -one Date: 1921 a peptide C10H17N3O6S that contains one amino-acid residue each of glutamic acid, cysteine, and glycine, that occurs widely in plant and animal tissues, and that plays an important role in biological oxidation-reduction processes and as a coenzyme

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