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- noun biochemistry A
dipeptide derived fromglutamic acid andcysteine
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Albumin is of particular interest to researchers because of its elevated concentrations of glutamylcysteine, a precursor to the antioxidant glutathione.
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(HO-1), glutamylcysteine synthetase light and heavy chains (γ GCS - L, γ GCS - H), ferritins heavy and light chains (FTH and FTL)) of the (Nrf2) pathway, sestrins (SESN1-T1, SESN1-T2,
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14 Chiang et al, "In vitro antiviral activities of Caesalpinia pulcherrima and its related flavonoids," Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 52: 194-198 (2003) 15 Ferraresi et al, "Essential requirement of reduced glutathione (GSH) for the anti-oxidant effect of the flavonoid quercetin," Free Radical Research 39 (11): 1249-1258 (2005) 16 Myhrstad et al, "Flavonoids increase the intracellular glutathione level by transactivation of the gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase catalytical subunit promoter," Free Radical Biology
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14 Chiang et al, "In vitro antiviral activities of Caesalpinia pulcherrima and its related flavonoids," Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 52: 194-198 (2003) 15 Ferraresi et al, "Essential requirement of reduced glutathione (GSH) for the anti-oxidant effect of the flavonoid quercetin," Free Radical Research 39 (11): 1249-1258 (2005) 16 Myhrstad et al, "Flavonoids increase the intracellular glutathione level by transactivation of the gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase catalytical subunit promoter," Free Radical Biology
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