. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 2.

Published in final edited form as: Biol Chem. 2009 Mar;390(3):191–214. doi: 10.1515/BC.2009.033

Table 1.

Endogenous glutathione S-conjugates and complexes

Thioethers:

Acetoacetyl

Acetyl

Acyl-adenylated bile acids^*

Acyl-CoA thioesters of bile acids^*

β-Alanyl-dopa

Anthocyanins^*

Auxins^*

Catechol estrogen quinones^*

Cholesterol-5,6-oxide

Cytokinins^*

Dicarboxyethyl

Dopa

Dopamine

17-β-Estradiol

Ethyl

Flavonoids^*

Hepoxilin A₃

Hydroxyethyl

4-Hydroxyhexenal

4-Hydroxynonenal

5-Hydroxytryptamine

5-Hydroxytryptophan

Indoles^*

Leukotriene C₄

Linoleic acid oxidation products^*

Menadione

Methyl

α-Methyldopamine

Methylglyoxal

Nitric oxide

Nitrolinoleic acid

13-Oxooctadecadienoic acid

Palmityl

Porphyrins^*

PGJ₂, PGD₂, PGA₁, PGA₂

Quinones^*

Tetrapyrroles^*

Trans-urocanic acid

Thioesters:

Coenzyme A

Cysteine

Cysteinylglycine

GSH

Sulphate

Mercaptides:

Cu(I)

Cu(II)

This table identifies some of the endogenous compounds that are known to exist as glutathione S-conjugates in mammals.

Only certain members of these classes of chemicals can form glutathione conjugates. Please see Wang and Ballatori (1998) for a previous review of this area.