Reishi additionally increases glutathione production. Again, glutathione is our bodies own master antioxidant, being the free radical scavenger tat mops up reactive oxidative species that are produced as a by-product of normal cell functioning. Think of Glutathione as the garbage man, coming along and cleaning up all the garbage , keeping the street and household clean and functional.
A mixture of Reishi Mushroom, Astragalus and Black Soybean showed to lower lipid peroxidation and increase glutathione peroxidase and glutathione S-transferase – two enzymes that recycle glutathione so it can continue to scavenge free radicals, and the study showed a decrease in hepatocyte damage.