Glutathione metabolism Hereditary Hemolytic Anemias Due to Red Blood Cell Enzyme Disorders Oncohema Key Frontiers Glutathione: A Samsonian life sustaining small molecule that protects against oxidative stress, ageing and damaging inflammation Response of Human Red Blood Cells to Acute and Chronic Oxidant Challenge as Observed Through the Glutathione and Glutathionyl Hemoglobin Redox Pairs In Vitro and In Vivo In RBCs, NADPH are produced exclusively via HMP shunt by the action of G6PD and are responsible to maintain membrane integrity preventing premature destruction. That is why G6PD deficient RBCs are