n acetyl cysteine conversion to glutathione Cystine import is the rate-limiting step in biosynthesis Actions of N-acetylcysteine on the
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8 , eabm3381 (2022)

Nature (2009) 459:9969

It is extremely easily oxidized to disulfide bonds, forming inactive oxidized glutathione (GSSG)

Furthermore, the finding that sulfate is a potent inhibitor of molybdate uptake (Stout et al., 1951