why is glutathione called gsh The synthesis of (GSH), also known as Schematic overview of glutathione (GSH)

10.1007/s00430-021-00727-0 Med Microbiol Immunol

Immune Function : Glutathione is essential for maintaining optimal immune function, as it supports the activity of lymphocytes, the white blood cells that play a key role in immune responses

Comparative large scale characterization of plant versus mammal proteins reveals similar and idiosyncratic N--acetylation features

Funding This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81830073, 81901901), the States Key Project of Research and Development Plan of China (2022YFA1104100), the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (LY21H030007, LGF21H200006), the National Special support program for high-level personnel recruitment (Ten-thousand Talents Program)

This is consistent with past studies revealing the antioxidant properties of GSH [55,56,57]