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Study Title:

Glutathione: in sickness and in health

Study Abstract

There is increasing evidence that free radical damage may be an important cause of some of the adverse effects of disease and advancing age.1–3 Much of the clinical evidence to support this hypothesis is based on the protective effect sometimes observed in those on diets high in antioxidants and those given antioxidants therapeutically. Further support would be obtained if plasma markers for oxidative damage such as lipid peroxidation products (lipid hydroperoxide [LHP]) were raised and antioxidants such as glutathione were low in the old and the sick, particularly in those who are acutely and severely ill.