Glutathione. Its reaction with alkali and some N and S derivatives

IN a previous communication [1933] it was observed that reduced glutathione, unlike cysteine, apparently did not react normally with benzyl chloride in the presence of NaOH to give S-benzylglutathione.The problem has now been in- vestigated.On shaking GSH with N NaOH and benzyl chloride the nitro- prusside test gradually became less intense and was only faintly positive after