Thiols and Sulfur Compounds
The Compounds (5)
Alpha Lipoic Acid
A sulfur antioxidant made in mitochondria, best studied for diabetic nerve pain; it can lower blood sugar alongside diabetes drugs.
Read the deep dive →Ergothioneine
A sulfur amino-acid derivative obtained only from diet, mushrooms above all, studied for healthy aging, cognition and heart health.
Read the deep dive →NAC
A cysteine form that rebuilds glutathione, long used as the acetaminophen-overdose antidote and a mucus thinner, and studied for kidney and mental health.
Read the deep dive →Glutathione
The body's most abundant internal antioxidant, a three-amino-acid peptide central to liver detoxification, studied for aging, lung and brain disease.
Read the deep dive →Sulforaphane
Concentrated in broccoli sprouts, it switches on the body's own antioxidant enzymes via Nrf2; studied for detoxification, cancer chemoprevention and brain health.
Read the deep dive →Sulfur-bearing antioxidants, centred on glutathione — the body's principal one — and the compounds that raise it. This is where the distinction between an antioxidant and a precursor matters most: oral glutathione and NAC do not do the same thing.