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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  + Selenium (Se)   G-SS-G
                                 + H2O

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