Development of Dietary Thiol Antioxidant via Reductive Modification of Whey Protein and Its Application in the Treatment of Ischemic Kidney Injury

• Main Authors: Yang Sui (Author), Rui Jiang (Author), Manabu Niimi (Author), Jingru Hong (Author), Qiaojing Yan (Author), Zhuheng Shi (Author), Jian Yao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Thiol antioxidants play important roles in cell and body defense against oxidative stress. In body fluid, albumin is the richest source of thiol antioxidants. One recent study showed that the reductive modification of thiol residues in albumin potentiated its antioxidative activity. Given that whey...