The excessive generation of ROS catalyzes a cascade of deleterious events within cardiomyocytes and the surrounding tissue
Furthermore, GGC itself may be capable of directly acting as an antioxidant by supporting the activity of the enzyme GSH peroxidase [20], which is responsible for eliminating hydrogen peroxide in the RPE [21]
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The rather small sample size limited statistical power, and there was no consideration given to blood loss, iron status, or other clinical factors
NAC induced only slight morphological alterations, specifically an increase in granularity at the highest concentration tested (Additional file 1: Figure S3)
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