In addition to neutralising hydrogen peroxide, GPx-1 also converts harmful lipid peroxide molecules into safer, less reactive molecules (lipid alcohols)
The authors are deeply indebted to Professor Elizabeta Mukaetova-Ladinska, University of Leicester, UK, for her invaluable help in discussion of results, writing and editing the manuscript
Key Takeaway: Glutathione supports hair growth by neutralizing oxidative stress that damages follicles and by fueling the metabolic processes required for new hair cell production
Where It Acts The primary target cells are dermal fibroblasts (the cells responsible for producing collagen, elastin, and the extracellular matrix proteins that give skin its mechanical structure) and basal keratinocytes (the proliferating cell population at the bottom of the epidermis)
Ion selection threshold was 500 counts
J Nutr (2016) 146:18016