The status of erythrocyte glutathione in clinical medicine: reality and possibilities

The review examines the current state of free radical oxidation processes in clinical medicine. Based on many years of our research and analysis of the literature, we consider the most promising assessment of the activity of glutathione reductase and the level of glutathione reduced in erythrocytes, as a characteristic of the thiol-disulfide redox system of glutathione, not only to indicate oxidative stress, but also a possible prognostic marker of “free radical diseases”.