Glutathione: Dietary Sources, Role in Cellular Functions and Therapeutic Effects

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Preface 

Glutathione: Glutathione: Stress-Alleviation Role in Plants and Human, and Prospects in Analytical Chemistry and Nanobiotechnology 
(Ondrej Zitka, Naser A. Anjum, E.M. Planells, Petr Michalek, Eduarda Pereira, Jorge Molina-Lopez, Iqbal Ahmad, Vojtech Adam, Rene Kizek, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic, European Union, and others) 

Actions of Glutathione in Chronic Inflammatory Diseases, Including Periodontitis: Dietary Agonists 
(M. Soory, Periodontology, King’s College London Dental Institute 
Denmark Hill, London, UK) 

Contribution of Glutathione-S-Transferases to the Pharmacogenetics of Azathioprine 
(Gabriele Stocco, Marco Pelin, Raffaella Franca, Sara De Iudicibus, Eva Cuzzoni, Diego Favretto, Luigi Candussio, Stefano Martelossi, Alessandro Ventura, Giuliana Decorti, Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy, and others) 

Glucocorticoids Inhibit Programmed Cell Death Induced by Glutathione Depletion in Neuronal-Like PC 12 Cells 
(Edith Debroas, Aurélie Gallimard, Dominique Duval, Centre Cyceron, Caen Cedex, France) 

Thiol Metabolic Changes Induced by Oxidative Stress and Possible Role of B-Vitamins Supplements in Esophageal Cancer Patients 
(Roberto Carlos Burini, Vânia Cristina Lamônica, Fernando Moreto, Yong-Ming Yu, Maria Aparecida Coelho Arruda Henry, Center for Nutritional and Exercise Metabolism, Department of Public Health, Botucatu School of Medicine, Sao Paulo State University - UNESP, Botucatu (SP), Brazil, and others) 

Glutathione As Preventive and Therapeutic Target of Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma and Its Regulation by Carnosol, a Functional Food Ingredient 
(Yo-ichi Ishida, Chizuko Yukizaki, Akihiko Okayama, Hiroaki Kataoka, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan, and others) 

Glutathione Food Supplementation: Present Situation in Thailand 
(Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit, Sanitation 1 Medical Academic Center, Bangkok, Thailand, and others) 

Possible Role of Oxidative Stress and Glutathione S-Transferase Gene Polymorphisms in Etiopathogenesis of Diabetes Mellitus and Its Chronic Complications 
(Jarmila Vojtková, Miriam Èiljaková, Peter Bánovèin, Department of Pediatrics, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Comenius University and University Hospital, Martin, Slovakia) 

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