L-Glutathione is a compound classified as a tripeptide made of three amino acids: cysteine, glutamic acid, and glycine.
The body produces and stores the largest amounts of GSH in the liver, where it is used to detoxify harmful compounds so that they can be removed from the body through the bile.
It helps keep red blood and white blood cells healthy to maximize the disease-fighting power of the immune system.
Glutathione competitively inhibits melanin synthesis in the reaction of tyrosine and L-DOPA by interrupting L-DOPA’s ability to bind to tyrosine during melanin synthesis. These results indicate that glutathione inhibits the synthesis and agglutination of melanin by interrupting the function of L-DOPA.
