Glutathione is often called the body's master antioxidant for a reason. Research shows it plays a major role in detoxification, oxidative stress control, liver support, and neutralizing toxic alcohol byproducts like Glutamine and Its Actions: A Bird's Eye View Prion protein regulates glutathione metabolism and neural glutamate and cysteine uptake via excitatory amino acid transporter 3 Guitart 2015 Journal of Neurochemistry Wiley Online Library Figure 3 from Glutathione synthesis. Semantic Scholar