Glutathione

Glutathione in Laboratory Research

Glutathione is an endogenous tripeptide of glutamate, cysteine and glycine. Its reduced form, GSH, is the dominant low-molecular-weight thiol inside mammalian cells and the electron donor for glutathione peroxidase, and it also drives the phase-II conjugation reactions that neutralise electrophiles and heavy metals.

In controlled laboratory systems it is used as a defined reference thiol for studying cellular redox state.

Research Applications & Study Focus

It is applied in oxidative-stress assays, hepatic-detoxification models, and redox-balance studies, where the GSH:GSSG ratio serves as a standard readout of cellular oxidative state.

Consistent lot specification lets research groups reproduce redox conditions precisely from one experiment to the next.

Purity, Handling & Verification

Each batch is supplied as a sealed, lyophilized vial and is independently analysed by a third-party laboratory using HPLC and mass spectrometry; the full certificate of analysis is published against its lot number, so results can be verified before use. Store the lyophilized material cool, dry and out of direct light, and reconstitute with bacteriostatic water under standard aseptic laboratory practice.

This material is offered strictly for in vitro laboratory research use only. It is not for human or veterinary consumption, and not for diagnostic or therapeutic use.