I-N-Acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) yindlela elungisiweyo ye-amino acid cysteine.Inika umthombo we-cysteine kwaye inokuguqulwa ngokulula kwi-tripeptide glutathione, i-antioxidant enamandla emzimbeni.I-NAC yaziwa ngepropathi yayo ye-antioxidant kunye ne-mucolytic, iyenza ibe luncedo kwizicelo ezahlukeneyo zempilo.
Njenge-antioxidant, i-NAC inceda ukukhusela iiseli kumonakalo obangelwa yi-radicals yamahhala, iintlobo ze-oksijini ezisebenzayo, kunye ne-toxins.Ikwaxhasa i-glutathione synthesis, edlala indima ebalulekileyo kwiinkqubo zokukhupha umzimba kunye nokugcina amajoni omzimba asempilweni.
I-NAC ifundwe ngezibonelelo zayo ezinokuthi zibekho kwimpilo yokuphefumla, ngakumbi kubantu abaneemeko ezinjenge-bronchitis engapheliyo, i-COPD, kunye ne-cystic fibrosis.Idla ngokusetyenziswa njenge-expectorant ukunceda ukubhitya kunye nokukhulula i-mucus, okwenza kube lula ukucima iindlela zomoya.
Ngaphezu koko, i-NAC ibonise isithembiso ekuxhaseni impilo yesibindi ngokuncedisa ekususweni kwezinto ezinobuthi, ezifana ne-acetaminophen, i-painkiller yentlungu eqhelekileyo.Isenokuba neziphumo ezikhuselayo kumonakalo wesibindi obangelwa kukusetyenziswa kotywala.
Ukongeza kwiipropathi zayo ze-antioxidant kunye nenkxaso yokuphefumla, i-NAC iye yaphononongwa ngezibonelelo zayo ezinokubakho kwimpilo yengqondo.Olunye uphando lubonisa ukuba lunokuba nefuthe elihle kwiingxaki zengqondo, ezifana nokudakumba kunye nokuphazamiseka okunyanzelekileyo (OCD).