Table 1.

Levels of GSH measured in different tissues and cells.

Tissue	Species	Concentration	Reference
Kidney	Human	1564 ± 106 μM	[34]
Muscle	Human	2543 ± 267 μM	[35]
RBCs	Human	8470 ± 1750 nmol/g Hb	[36]
Neutrophils	Humans	13.2 ± 1.8 nmol/107 cells	[37]
Lymphocytes	Human	5.7 ± 0.35 nmol/107 cells	[38]
Platelets	Human	13.4 ± 2.64 nmol/109 platelets	[12]
Plasma	Human	3.1 ± 0.26 μM	[31]
ELF	Human	0.2–0.4 mM	[33]
Liver	Rat	8221 ± 558 μM	[39]
Kidney	Rat	2221 ± 302 μM	[39]
Lung	Rat	2314 ± 182 μM	[39]
Heart	Rat	1835 ± 244 μM	[39]
Spleen	Rat	2648 ± 55 μM	[39]
Brain	Rat	1801 ± 59 μM	[39]
Extracellular brain cortex	Rat	2.10 ± 1.78 μM	[40]
White adipose tissue	Mouse	~4.3 nmol/mg protein	[28]
Brown adipose tissue	Mouse	~2 nmol/mg protein	[28]

Abbreviations: RBCs, red blood cells, ELF, epithelial lining fluid, Hb, hemoglobin.