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It plays a significant role in osmoregulation, bile salt formation, and antioxidant defence
Death was determined based on standardized criteria including the absence of respiration, absence of heartbeat, loss of pupillary light reflex, and absence of reflexes, with scavenging and operator protection measures in place
A 2014 study by Nakajima, Nagata, and colleagues published in Archives of Dermatological Research showed that reduced glutathione disrupts intracellular trafficking of tyrosinase to melanosomes, the rate-limiting enzyme in melanin synthesis, attenuating melanization at the cellular level