Chronic diseases often have immune dysfunction
According to a recent study, the garlic compound S-allyl cysteine has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, which greatly raises the GSH levels in the liver, gastric tissue, and serum of rat models of gastric cancer, and lowers the risk of developing gastric cancer (156)
ROS directly cause lung damage as a result of DNA, lipid, carbohydrate, and protein alterations, and activate local inflammatory responses that contribute to COPD development and progression (7983)
However, one must bear in mind that not all oxidative stimuli create a more oxidized biological state, mild oxidants like H 2 O 2 are normal regulators of cellular homeostasis until the capacity to detoxify them is exceeded [108,144]