A Review on Various Uses of N-Acetyl Cysteine

N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), as a nutritional supplement, is a greatly applied antioxidant in vivo and in vitro. NAC is a precursor of L-cysteine that results in glutathione elevation biosynthesis. It acts directly as a scavenger of free radicals, especially oxygen radicals. NAC is a powerful antioxidan...

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Autores principales: Mokhtari, Vida, Afsharian, Parvaneh, Shahhoseini, Maryam, Kalantar, Seyed Mehdi, Moini, Ashraf
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royan Institute 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5241507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28367412
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Shahhoseini, Maryam
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description N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), as a nutritional supplement, is a greatly applied antioxidant in vivo and in vitro. NAC is a precursor of L-cysteine that results in glutathione elevation biosynthesis. It acts directly as a scavenger of free radicals, especially oxygen radicals. NAC is a powerful antioxidant. It is also recommended as a potential treatment option for different disorders resulted from generation of free oxygen radicals. Additionally, it is a protected and endured mucolytic drug that mellows tenacious mucous discharges. It has been used for treatment of various diseases in a direct action or in a combination with some other medications. This paper presents a review on various applications of NAC in treatment of several diseases.
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spelling pubmed-52415072017-04-01 A Review on Various Uses of N-Acetyl Cysteine Mokhtari, Vida Afsharian, Parvaneh Shahhoseini, Maryam Kalantar, Seyed Mehdi Moini, Ashraf Cell J Review Article N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), as a nutritional supplement, is a greatly applied antioxidant in vivo and in vitro. NAC is a precursor of L-cysteine that results in glutathione elevation biosynthesis. It acts directly as a scavenger of free radicals, especially oxygen radicals. NAC is a powerful antioxidant. It is also recommended as a potential treatment option for different disorders resulted from generation of free oxygen radicals. Additionally, it is a protected and endured mucolytic drug that mellows tenacious mucous discharges. It has been used for treatment of various diseases in a direct action or in a combination with some other medications. This paper presents a review on various applications of NAC in treatment of several diseases. Royan Institute 2017 2016-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5241507/ /pubmed/28367412 Text en Any use, distribution, reproduction or abstract of this publication in any medium, with the exception of commercial purposes, is permitted provided the original work is properly cited http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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