Research area
Antioxidant & cellular
Molecules your cells already make in quantity. The interesting question is not what they do, but whether taking more of them changes anything.
Glutathione
GSH, γ-glutamylcysteinylglycine, reduced glutathioneA real and essential molecule with a genuine absorption problem — and the only entry here with FDA injury warnings attached to it twice.
Antioxidant & cellular
Dietary supplement; injectables unapproved
Carnosine
β-alanyl-L-histidine, L-carnosine; related: anserine, polaprezinc (zinc-L-carnosine)A dipeptide your muscles are full of, an enzyme in your blood that destroys it, and a clever workaround the sports world settled on decades ago.
Antioxidant & cellular
Dietary supplement; a prescription drug in Japan