I-N-Acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) iwuhlobo oluguquliwe lwe-amino acid cysteine.Ihlinzeka ngomthombo we-cysteine futhi ingaguqulwa kalula ibe i-tripeptide glutathione, i-antioxidant enamandla emzimbeni.I-NAC yaziwa ngezakhiwo zayo ze-antioxidant kanye ne-mucolytic, okuyenza ibe wusizo ezinhlelweni ezahlukahlukene zezempilo.
Njenge-antioxidant, i-NAC isiza ukuvikela amaseli emonakalweni obangelwa ama-radicals mahhala, izinhlobo ze-oxygen esebenzayo, kanye nobuthi.Iphinde isekele i-glutathione synthesis, edlala indima ebalulekile ezinqubweni zokukhipha ubuthi emzimbeni kanye nokugcina amasosha omzimba anempilo.
I-NAC icwaningwe ngezinzuzo zayo ezingaba khona empilweni yokuphefumula, ikakhulukazi kubantu abanezimo ezifana ne-bronchitis engapheli, i-COPD, ne-cystic fibrosis.Ivamise ukusetshenziswa njenge-expectorant ukusiza amafinyila azacile futhi axege, okwenza kube lula ukusula imigudu yomoya.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-NAC ibonise isithembiso ekusekeleni impilo yesibindi ngokusiza ekukhipheni izinto ezinobuthi, njenge-acetaminophen, isidambisi sobuhlungu esivamile.Kungase futhi kube nemiphumela yokuzivikela ekulimaleni kwesibindi okubangelwa ukuphuza utshwala.
Ngaphezu kwezakhiwo zayo zokusekela i-antioxidant nokuphefumula, i-NAC iye yahlolwa ngezinzuzo zayo ezingaba khona empilweni yengqondo.Olunye ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi kungase kube nomthelela omuhle ezinkingeni zemizwa, njengokucindezeleka kanye nesifo esicindezelayo (OCD).