Glutathione is often referred to as the bodys master antioxidant because it plays a central role in helping the body respond to oxidative stress, maintain cellular balance, and support normal detoxification processes
Evidence ranges from early laboratory work to clinical trials depending on the use the sections below cover the actual data and sources
It's a trade-off, isn't it
As an additional example to that of the trefoil peptides noted above, the peptide EGF (epidermal growth factor) is produced in human milk to promote growth of the gastrointestinal tract in newborn infants, but the same peptide aggressively stimulates the growth of breast cancer cells in adults
Recently, various high-throughput-based omics studies have been used to screen for NP toxicity, including genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, etc., (Matysiak et al., 2016