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Glutathione : It consist of glutamate, cysteine and glycine. It is written as glutamate+ cysteine- glycine. G-SH is short form. It is a reducing agent. It undergo dimerization on loss of hydrogen. G –S-S-G is oxidized form. It is involved in the maintenance of -SH groups on proteins on reduced form. In red blood cells (R. B. C.) it is involved in the elimination of hydrogen peroxide. It participates in detoxification. It is involved in hormone secretion and
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