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“Despite high reactivity, MIC can traverse cell membranes and reach distant organs, perhaps as a reversible conjugate with glutathione , which may explain some of the systemic effects of MIC.”
Journal of toxicology and environmental health • 1993 | View Paper
“Thus, conjugation of MIC with glutathione (GSH), followed by metabolism of the resulting adduct to AMCC, appears to represent a quantitatively important pathway of biotransformation of MIC in the rat.”
Chemical research in toxicology • 1991 | View Paper
“It is concluded that conjugation of methyl isocyanate with glutathione in vivo affords a reactive S-linked product which displays the potential to carbamoylate nucleophilic amino acids.”