“…In pernicious anemia (6), myelogenous leukemia (28,29), Addison's disease (29), and phenylhydrazine poisoning (6,27), high concentrations of glutathione in the erythrocytes have been reported. In other diseases and conditions, including neoplasms, diabetes, pregnancy, toxemias of pregnancy, nephritis, gallstones, gout, pulmonary tuberculosis, mental diseases, obesity, pneumonia, cystinuria, myxoedema, hypertension, asthma, liver damage, grippe, and chronic arthritis (21,22,28,29,30,31,32,33), characteristic alterations in the reduced glutathione content of the new blood have usually not been found. Low values have been reported, however, in hyperthyroidism (22), diabetes (31,34), and obstructive jaundice (31).…”