Although antioxidants such as glutathione can lead to a variety of health benefits, their key role is to inhibit oxidation and damage to cells from free radicals (hence anti-oxidant)
Intracellular aspects of the process of protein synthesis
In addition, with the recognition of various modes of cell death, the original necrosis or oncotic necrosis [79] was challenged to be apoptosis [14, 15], necroptosis [16, 17], and lately ferroptosis [18, 19] and even pyroptosis [20, 21]
Tan et al., 2016
Studies conducted in vitro and in animals have indicated that -tocopherol and its major metabolite, -carboxyethyl hydroxychroman (-CEHC), may play a role in protecting the body from free radical-induced damage in various conditions of oxidative stress and inflammation (reviewed in 8)