What Is Reduced Glutathione? Benefits, Sources & Uses 15 Glutathione in the Nervous System: Roles in Neural Function and Health and Implications for Neurological Disease Springer Nature Link Reductive Stress Causes Oxidative Stress (Take 2) Fire In A Bottle Pentose Phosphate Pathway made simple. This pathway has two major jobs: Generate NADPH Produce ribose 5 phosphate NADPH protects cells from oxidative stress and supports fatty acid, cholesterol, steroid, nitric oxide, and respiratory burst