Statuses of food-derived glutathione in intestine, blood, and liver of rat

ARTICLE OPEN Statuses of food-derived glutathione in intestine, blood, and liver of rat Hiroaki Yamada 1 , Shinn Ono 2 , Sayori Wada 3 , Wataru Aoi 3 , Eun Young Park 3,4 , Yasushi Nakamura3 and Kenji Sato 1 Oral administration of glutathione has been demonstrated to reduce exercise-induced fatigue and improve liver function, although glutathione can be synthesized in the liver. However, little is known about the underlying mechanism of this effect. To address this, the status of food-derived...