A microbiological assay for the quantitative determination of glutathione.

doi:10.2144/96215st07

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A microbiological assay for the quantitative determination of glutathione.

BioTechniques - 1 Nov 1996

Schmidt M, Grey M, Brendel M

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Based on the requirement of a glutathione-deficient mutant strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to take up external glutathione for growth on synthetic media, a simple agar diffusion test for quantitative detection of total glutathione from various sources was established. Glutathione concentration...

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Glutathione
Mutation
Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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