Sentences with phrase «including glutathione peroxidase»

(3 - 4)(11 - 12) There are at least 30 selenium dependent proteins, including the glutathione peroxidase enzyme, and the Iodothyronine deiodinases enzyme (this is the one that converts thyroxine (T4) to bioactive (T3).

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These mechanisms take the form of antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione - S - transferase) and the non-enzymatic antioxidant molecules (vitamin E, vitamin C, vitamin A, ubiquinone and others), which include the sulfur - containing antioxidants (glutathione, theoredoxin, alpha lipoic acids), melatonin, carotenoids, flavonoids, and polyphenols.

Second, curcumin helps stimulate a very important genetic pathway known as the NRF2 pathway, which activates a whole set of antioxidant genes, including genes like glutathione synthase (which is the body's natural way of making glutathione) and glutathione peroxidase (which is the way the body uses glutathione to fight off damage) and is just one way that curcumin fights damaging oxidants.

Resveratrol was found to induce antioxidant enzymes, including superoxide dismutase (SOD), thioredoxin, glutathione peroxidase - 1, heme oxygenase - 1, and catalase, and / or inhibit reactive oxygen species (ROS) production by nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidases (NOX)(21).