Thiols and Sulfur Compounds
The Compounds (4)
Alpha Lipoic Acid
A sulfur antioxidant made in mitochondria, best studied for diabetic nerve pain; it can lower blood sugar alongside diabetes drugs.
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A sulfur amino-acid derivative obtained only from diet, mushrooms above all, studied for healthy aging, cognition and heart 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.
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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 N-acetylcysteine (NAC) do not do the same thing.