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The most abundant intracellular thiol and the master antioxidant of mammalian cells. Glutathione is a tripeptide (gamma-glutamyl-cysteinyl-glycine) whose sulfhydryl (-SH) group makes it both a critical antioxidant and a primary target for heavy metal binding. GSH deplet…
A dense, chemically inert noble metal with no known biological function -- yet platinum compounds are the backbone of chemotherapy for ovarian, testicular, lung, and bladder cancers. The discovery that cisplatin inhibits bacterial cell division (Rosenberg, 1965) led to …
Harm potential: RED — Following this STOP inappropriately could delay life-saving antibiotic therapy.