10.3389/fphar.2020.00425 Summary Keywords acute kidney injury, chuan huang fang, chronic kidney disease, renal fibrosis, reduced glutathione, traditional Chinese medicine Citation Chen L, Ye Z, Wang D, Liu J, Wang Q, Wang C, Xu B and Gong X (2022) Chuan Huang Fang combining reduced glutathione in treating acute kidney injury (grades 12) on chronic kidney disease (stages 24): A multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial
Some patients tolerate one better than the other
Glutathione is broken down in the digestive tract before it can be absorbed intact
Researchers have hypothesized that restoring GHK-Cu levels could partially reverse these deficits, though causation has not been established in controlled human trials
More research is required, but this is promising