Heumann C, Dumdey R, Müller M
Institute of Biochemistry, Humboldt University, Berlin, GDR.
Biomed Biochim Acta. 1990;49(2-3):S183-5.
Glutathione exerts a pro-oxidative effect by increasing H2O2-formation in the presence of methemoglobin and a radical-generating substance (e.g. DDC). This effect might contribute to the loss of glutathione in cells in which formation of methemoglobin is provoked by radicals.