Glutathione
Three amino acids joined together. Your body already makes it in large amounts.
At a glance
- Tier
- B Not put to the committee
- Chain length
- 3 amino acids
- Research area
- Cellular Research
- First described
- 1888
- Sold as
- Research use only
- Approved for people
- No
- A pharmacy may compound it
- No
- Where it comes from
- Made by your own cells constantly
The July 2026 committee vote
This compound was not on the committee's agenda. That is not a rejection — it was never asked.
Where it stands today
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✓Panel voteDone
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2FDA decidesWaiting
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3Rule writtenNot started
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4Pharmacy may compoundNot started
Nothing has moved for this compound. It sits where it sat before the meeting.
What it is
Three amino acids joined together. Your body already makes it in large amounts.
Appears in cell research, usually in work on how cells handle waste.
One of the few names here your body is already producing right now.
Where to get it
The widest per-product coverage of anything we have checked, and the only seller that publishes a batch purity figure with the lab that produced it.
- ✓Research use only labelling
- ✓Purity published per batch
- ✓Testing lab named in public
- ✓Public certificate library
American-compounded, trading since 2012. The only seller we have checked that names its testing lab in public and puts a certificate on the product page.
- ✓Research use only labelling
- ✓Purity published
- ✓Testing lab named in public
- ✓Certificate on the product page
The widest range of the sellers we have checked, and it publishes purity and outside testing. Entry is behind a researcher verification step.
- ✓Research use only labelling
- ✓Purity published
- ✓Says batches are tested outside
- ✓Returns policy published
Sold for laboratory research only. Not approved for people to take. Listing a seller is not a recommendation to buy or to use anything.