Glutathione, one of the most abundant cellular metabolites, maintains cellular environment in reduced state, protecting proteins and iron-sulfur clusters from oxidative stress and is essential for biosynthesis reactions, such as nucleotide synthesis 3
Finally, administration of glutathione precursors such as whey protein, vitamin C, and glutamine, which are often recommended to boost glutathione levels in the body, typically does not raise the level of glutathione by a significant amount, require high doses to be effective, and cost significantly more than an equivalent amount of glutathione
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The optical density was converted to DCW based on a standard carve (1 OD 600 = 0.41 g DCW/L)
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