Publisher Summary Glutathione (GSH) is the most important nonprotein thiol in living
systems and is of widespread occurrence in the intracellular milieu of animals, plants, and
microorganisms. GSH was isolated and named by the English biochemist Frederick
Gowland Hopkins. This chapter discusses GSH status, the biologically relevant chemistry of
GSH, the forms in which GSH can be present within the cell, along with the GSH content of
cells and the methods for analysis of this substance. GSH-related biochemical reactions and …