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As a precursor to glutathione (GSH), one of the primary antioxidants, L-cysteine helps neutralize ROS that accumulate during stressful conditions, such as poor water quality, overcrowding, or rapid environmental changes [69]
Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 family member L2 (encoded by the ALDH1L2 gene) was originally identified as mitochondrial 10-formyltetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase (mtFTD)
Subsequently, several studies reported that under unfavorable conditions with osmotic protection, various bacteria, such as Escherichia coli , Staphylococcus aureus , Mycobacterium tuberculosis , Salmonella typhi , Listeria monocytogenes , Bacillus subtilis , and Streptomyces [7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15], can shed their cell walls to form round or irregularly shaped bacterial L-forms
Final thoughts Glycine and NAC stand out, not for their hype, but for their solid science and meaningful benefits