This extended activity makes it a valuable tool for maintaining steady hormone levels in research
Xie, T., Beausoleil, S
15 Being a powerful antioxidant, glutathione plays a critical role in several metabolic pathways: DNA and protein synthesis, amino acid transport, enzyme activation, immune system function, scavenging free radicals eg hydrogen peroxide, cofactor in Phase I cytochrome P450 enzyme-mediated detoxification, amino acid translocation across cell membranes, detoxification of xenobiotics, maintenance of sulfhydryl groups of proteins, mitochondrial function and maintenance of mitochondrial DNA, catalysis of exchange reactions and many more
However, and this is the critical finding, they activate different populations of neurons within the DVC
But when your levels are just right