white skin “Glutathione”.

white skin “Glutathione”.

Believing that white, clear, healthy-looking skin is what many people want, making glutathione very popular because having white and clear skin is something that strengthens confidence for many people. currently have There are many products that enhance white skin in the market. to meet such needs 1.

Glutathione is the body’s most created and used antioxidant. It is also an antioxidant that protects our eyesight. Help turn the starch accumulated in the body into energy. and prevent the accumulation of fat which can lead to heart disease.

Glutathione acts to protect every cell of the body. But with age, the amount of glutathione in the body decreases or being produced more slowly and less quantity When we turn 20 years old, the amount of glutathione in the body will decrease by 8-12% per 10 years on average. or too much chemistry The amount of glutathione decreases in the body is faster than expected. Cause the body to deteriorate faster than age and various diseases can easily intervene3.

Glutathione is a protein composed of three important amino acids. Cysteine, glycine (Glycine) and glutamate (Glutamate) that the body can synthesize itself. Serves to protect tissues and organs in the body.

properties of glutathione.

1. Antioxidation Glutathione is converted to the enzyme glutathione peroxidase, a substance with antioxidants that can help the degeneration of cells in the body.

2. Detoxification Glutathione helps to produce different enzymes, especially glutathiones-transferse in the liver, helping to remove toxins from the body.

3. Immune Enhancer Glutathione will result in an increase in the ability to eliminate foreign matter. and pathogens of the white blood cell type neutrophilis and also increases the ability of the immune system to work make the body more immune and stimulate the activity of many enzymes for the body to resist foreign matter including repairing DNA, building proteins and prostaglandin2.

Glutathione and the mechanism of skin pigmentation.

    Human skin color is caused by the pigment called melanin (Melanin), which is an insoluble polymer. Distributed in the pigment layer in the skin. It protects the skin from UV rays from the sun by absorbing UV rays and converting energy into heat. Melanin is produced from the amino acid tyrosine. There are generally two types are eumelanin and pheomelanin by the amount of pigment distributed in the skin There will be more or less a genetic trait. where eumelanin is found in dark skinned people in which most live The equatorial region has a high UV intensity, while pheomelanin is found in whites, which are exposed to less UV radiation.

      Glutathione that enters the body will act to stimulate the amino acid tyrosine to be converted into Pheomelanin in larger quantities, or it may be said in one word that glutathione will change the pigment eumelanin. to become phenomelanin which resulted in the exposure of such has a whiter skin color2.

References.

1. Faculty of Pharmacy Mahidol University Glutathione (Glutathione) really makes you white?. Documents from the website www.pharmacy.mahidol.ac.th [https://pharmacy.mahidol.ac.th/th/knowledge/article/]

2. Journal, Textbook of Medicine, Volume 19, No. 1 January – April 2012.

3. Associate Professor Dr. Chutima Limmatwapirat and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sontaya Limmatwaphirat. The medical benefits of glutathione and glutathione stimulants. Kraisatchayaniphon Journal, Year 6, January – December 2011.

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