GLUTATHIONE

noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary gluta- (from glutamic acid) + thi- + -one Date: 1921 a peptide C 10 H 17 N 3 O 6 S that contains one amino-acid residue each of glutamic acid, cysteine, and glycine, that occurs widely in plant and animal tissues, and that plays an important role in biological oxidation-reduction processes and as a coenzyme