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Pie chart indicating the percentage of publications for each naturally occurring low-molecular-weight thiol, excluding glutathione, since 1900 (PubMed search with individual thiol name). Right panel shows the species in which the thiol was first discovered and the year when it was first reported. Ergothioneine is one of the earliest discovered and most extensively studied redox buffers.
