what is reduced glutathione made of Glutathione, Glutathione antioxidant system. a Schematics
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Normally, antioxidants neutralize ROS and thus help to prevent over exposure from oxidative stress.[15,16] However, as the body ages, antioxidant levels decline, leaving the human body susceptible to a variety of age-related pathologies, such as non-alcoholic liver cirrhosis and atherosclerotic heart disease.[17,18] This decline combined with a gradual loss of estrogen in the female reproductive system is highly associated with the various sequelae of menopause such as heart disease, vasomotor disturbances, and osteoporosis.[18,19] The marked reduction in estrogen has been shown to increase levels of oxidative stress in the body, depending on the concentration and chemical structure of this hormone

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However, overloading the host cell with excessive copies of glaA may inadvertently impede the overall production of glucoamylase [44], suggesting a complex interplay between gene dosage and cellular processing capabilities

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