Additionally, they discovered that the centenarians had higher levels of glutathione than people 20 to 40 years younger, hinting that glutathione may be one reason why their subjects had lived to such a ripe age
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As Long COVID is a continuation of pathologies found in the acute phase of the disease, it can be suggested that erythrocyte pathologies noted in acute COVID-19 may continue or even be exacerbated in Long COVID
Nicolakakis and Hamel 2011
The review confirmed that glutathione peroxidases detoxify peroxides by a reaction coupled to GSH oxidation to GSSG with GSSG converted back to GSH by glutathione reductase and NADPH
It acts as a roborant in cases of stress, overexertion, exhaustion and reduced resistance, and as a tonic in cases of weakness, secondary anaemia and chilling