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Mechanism (Cont.)
Reduced glutathione (G-SH) removes H2O2 from RBC’s in
a reaction catalyzed by glutathione peroxidase
Glutathione peroxidase
2 GSH + H2O2 ----------------------------→ G-SS-G
+ Selenium (Se) + H2O
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