Research shows that administration of cadmium chloride, mercuric chloride, lead acetate, and silver nitrate causes substantial glutathione depletion, with percentage depletion increasing further after repeated exposures
We are thankful to Dr Jean Kim and the Human Stem Cell Core at Baylor College of Medicine for mediating the cell transfer, Dr Tobias Dick for Grx1-roGFP2 plasmid, and Drs Vsevolod Belousov, Luke Lavis, and Catherine Goodman for thoughtful discussions
Taking too much can make side effects, like feeling or being sick, diarrhoea, or headaches, worse and increase the chance of dehydration
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Scientific Reports, 6, 37664
Gastrointestinal Function Explored for its cytoprotective properties along the GI tract, including ulcer healing and gut barrier integrity