Cuprous glutathione

Abstract

IN a recent paper Kozlowski [1931] has described the preparation of a com- pound, containing 16B45 % Cu, by addition of excess of cuprous oxide to a solution of oxidised glutathione in N/2 sulphuric acid, filtering and aerating. This compound he assumes to be a derivative of oxidised glutathione, pre- sumably of the composition Cu2GSSG. In view of this claim it has been thought necessary to reinvestigate this reaction.