Icing your rib will help reduce pain and swelling, so that the bruised tissue can heal more quickly. Stick to ice for the first 72 hours after an injury, and resist the urge to break out a heating pad instead. Find a bag of frozen vegetables (like peas or corn), or fill a resealable plastic bag with chipped ice. Wrap the bag of ice in a towel or T-shirt, and lay it over your bruised rib. 3. Take pain medication.
Glutathione conjugation. Glutathione (GSH) plays a key role in detoxification of certain herbicides (e.g. chloroacetanilides, thiocarbamates and s-triazines) in higher plants via the action of glutathione S-transferase(s) (Breaux, 1986; Pickett and Lu, 1989; Rossini et al, 1996; Gronwald and Plaisance, 1998):lutathione S-transferases (GSTs) may also be involved in conjugating electrophiles generated from the reaction of hydroxyl radicals with lipids and DNA, and thus contribute to oxidative stress resistance (Marrs, 1996).
Glutathione serves as a substrate for glutathione peroxidase, an enzyme that functions to remove hydrogen peroxide. The reduced form of glutathione (GSH) is acted on by glutathione peroxidase to produce the oxidized form of glutathione, GSSG. The mineral selenium is an essential component of glutathione peroxidase. Glutathione peroxidase and other antioxidant enzymes (eg, superoxide dismutases, catalase, and glutathione reductase) function to reduce lipid peroxidation. For a full description of natural antioxidants and their actions, see Maxwell (5).