Glutathione - Most important Antioxidant

"I can tell you without equivocation that glutathione is the most important endogenous antioxidant there is. It is manufactured by the body and is the only antioxidant that can recycle itself."

Such is the judgment of a highly regarded and credentialed scientist who served for 32 years as a senior editor for the prestigious, international Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, and one year as Acting Editor-in-Chief. He didn’t reach this conclusion after a cursory study of glutathione, but only after dedicating 25 years to study this most important of all cell protectors.

He was Adjunct Professor, Center for Drug Design, and Professor Emeritus, Medicinal Chemistry and Toxicology, both at the University of Minnesota. He served as a Senior Scientist for the Veterans Administration.

In addition to his service to Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, he served on the editorial board of the journal Bioconjugate Chemistry for eight years, and as an ad hoc grant reviewer for the NCI and NIAAA, National Institutes of Health. He has published more than 165 papers in peer-reviewed journals, and is the inventor named on ten U.S. and PCT patent applications. He has spent 40 years in research labs at both the University of Minnesota and the V.A. Medical Center in Minneapolis.

We are, of course, referring to Herbert Nagasawa, Ph.D.