10.1111/nph.13792 New Phytol
In renal I/R injury, C3G increases GPX4 expression and GSH level, reverses excessive intracellular free iron accumulation, decreases lipid ROS, ACSL4, 4-HNE, and MDA levels, and significantly inhibits the ferroptosis of renal tubular cells
Your lungs have some of the highest concentrations of glutathione in your body specifically because they need it. When that supply gets overwhelmed and in most modern environments, it does the damage doesnt stay in your lungs
IV delivery makes it far more effective than oral supplements because it reaches your bloodstream directly, bypassing stomach acid breakdown
In general, the body breaks down and eliminates toxins in three steps: phase I detoxification (CYP450 genes) makes the substance more polar