Glutathione

There have been many reports on the effects of glutathione on the growth performance of poultry and livestock. Glutathione can regulate the expression of growth axis-related hormones, genes and receptors in the body, thereby affecting growth performance. Adding an appropriate amount of glutathione to the diet can promote the growth of mutton sheep and improve the growth performance and feed conversion rate of fattening sheep. As a physiologically active substance, glutathione can improve the growth performance of poultry and livestock by adding it in an appropriate amount.

The test results showed that after exogenous glutathione treatment, the GSH content in the leaves increased, and the GR enzyme activity and GSTs enzyme activity increased simultaneously, which was similar to the mitigation effect of carnation seedlings under cadmium poisoning. After exogenous GSH treatment, the chlorophyll and net photosynthetic rate of the seedlings increased, and the leaf area and fresh weight of cucumber seedlings were significantly affected.

Oxidative stress refers to the imbalance between oxidation and anti-oxidation in the body, which tends to oxidize, leading to inflammatory infiltration of neutrophils, increased secretion of proteases, and production of a large number of oxidized intermediates.

The sulfhydryl group on glutathione cysteine is its active group, so glutathione is often abbreviated as (G-SH), and it is easy to react with heavy metals such as iodoacetic acid, mustard gas (a poisonous gas), lead, mercury, arsenic, etc. Combined with salt or carcinogens, etc., and promote their excretion from the body, to neutralize and detoxify.