What Diseases Can Glutathione Treat?

Glutathione, as an important regulatory metabolic agent in cells, has the functions of detoxification, scavenging oxygen free radicals, enhancing antioxidant enzyme activity, correcting the imbalance of acetylcholine and cholinesterase, and improving the body's antioxidant defense capacity.

The substance is widely used in the treatment of viral hepatitis, drug-induced liver damage, alcoholic liver disease, prevention of vascular dementia, chemotherapy protection, acute poisoning, kidney disease, Parkinson's disease, eye disease, diabetic neuropathy and other diseases in liver diseases. And achieved good therapeutic effect. Clinically, glutathione has become a drug for the treatment of various diseases or adjuvant therapy.

Research and application of glutathione in heart disease

Studies have shown that oxidative stress leads to the occurrence and development of coronary heart disease by causing lipid peroxidation, oxidative damage to endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, and macrophages, and the degree of myocardial damage is positively correlated with the decreased level of GSH in myocardial cells. Therefore, exogenous GSH treatment can maintain the balance of GSH and GSSG in vivo, stabilize endothelial cells, protect cardiomyocytes, and maintain the normal operation of cardiac function.

Research and progress in liver disease

GSH can effectively improve liver function, has good safety and tolerance, and is suitable for liver damage caused by various etiologies. A number of studies have shown that GSH has a good clinical effect on liver injury. At the same time, GSH can also be combined with other drugs to effectively prevent and treat hepatitis.

In addition, the role of GSH in the prevention of liver damage cannot be ignored. Many chemotherapeutic drugs such as CTX, 5-FU, ADM, etc. are metabolized in the liver, which can cause liver fibrosis and even liver necrosis. GSH can convert it into easily metabolized acidic substances through the combination of sulfhydryl groups and free radicals in the body, thereby accelerating the excretion of free radicals. , help reduce the toxic side effects of chemotherapy.