"Acetylcysteine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The N-acetyl derivative of CYSTEINE. It is used as a mucolytic agent to reduce the viscosity of mucous secretions. It has also been shown to have antiviral effects in patients with HIV due to inhibition of viral stimulation by reactive oxygen intermediates.
Descriptor ID |
D000111
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MeSH Number(s) |
D02.886.030.230.259 D12.125.166.230.259
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Concept/Terms |
Acetylcysteine- Acetylcysteine
- N-Acetyl-L-cysteine
- N Acetyl L cysteine
- N-Acetylcysteine
- N Acetylcysteine
- Mercapturic Acid
- Acid, Mercapturic
Acetylcysteine Sodium- Acetylcysteine Sodium
- Sodium, Acetylcysteine
- Acetylcysteine, Monosodium Salt
- Monosodium Salt Acetylcysteine
Fluprowit- Fluprowit
- Optipect Hustengetränk
- Hustengetränk, Optipect
- Muco Sanigen
- Sanigen, Muco
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2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Acetylcysteine" by people in Profiles.
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Maternal N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) protects the rat fetal brain from inflammatory cytokine responses to lipopolysaccharide (LPS). J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2012 Aug; 25(8):1324-8.
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A novel cystine based antioxidant attenuates oxidative stress and hepatic steatosis in diet-induced obese mice. Exp Mol Pathol. 2011 Aug; 91(1):419-28.
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Effects of a novel cystine-based glutathione precursor on oxidative stress in vascular smooth muscle cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2010 Sep; 299(3):C638-42.
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Inhibition of apoptotic signalling in spermine-treated vascular smooth muscle cells by a novel glutathione precursor. Cell Biol Int. 2010 Apr 01; 34(5):503-11.
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N-acetyl-cysteine suppresses amniotic fluid and placenta inflammatory cytokine responses to lipopolysaccharide in rats. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Jan; 194(1):268-73.