Glutathione Restoration Improves Hallmarks Of Aging in Older Adults Everyone says NAC can make glutathione. Wrong. Evidence against this is staring right at you. As you can see here, my wife's GCLC gene is genetically slower. Thus, she cannot convert Cysteine Glutathione Degradation Anand Kumar Bachhawat, Amandeep Kaur, 2017 Glutamine drives glutathione synthesis and contributes to radiation sensitivity of A549 and H460 lung cancer cell lines ScienceDirect Glutathione: your body's master antioxidant & detoxifier Glutathione is the 2nd most abundant molecule in the body, just after water. Its made from three amino acids: glycine, cysteine, & glutamate.