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Explains how glutathione influences melanogenesis by shifting the balance from darker eumelanin to lighter pheomelanin via inhibition of tyrosinase (by copper chelation and antioxidant effect)

Copper serves as a cofactor in numerous enzymes involved in collagen and elastin synthesis

Pregnant and breastfeeding mothers can bump up their antioxidant protection by adding extra vitamin C and beta glucans found in medicinal mushrooms to their quality prenatal vitamin

As IL-1 has known effects on hypothalamic biogenic amines, the main source of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), it can regulate on pituitary ACTH and promote the production and release of cortisol (80), which may be the underlying mechanism of the HPA axis activation by IL-1