N-Acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) ni uburyo bwahinduwe bwa sisitemu ya amine aside.Itanga isoko ya sisitemu kandi irashobora guhinduka byoroshye muri tripeptide glutathione, antioxydants ikomeye mumubiri.NAC izwiho kurwanya antioxydeant na mucolytike, ikagira akamaro mubikorwa bitandukanye byubuzima.
Nka antioxydeant, NAC ifasha kurinda selile kwangirika kwatewe na radicals yubusa, ubwoko bwa ogisijeni ikora, nuburozi.Ifasha kandi synthesis glutathione, igira uruhare runini mubikorwa byo kwangiza umubiri no kubungabunga umubiri.
NAC yakozweho ubushakashatsi ku nyungu zishobora kugira mu buzima bw’ubuhumekero, cyane cyane ku bantu bafite ibibazo nka bronhite idakira, COPD, na fibrosis ya cystic.Bikunze gukoreshwa nkibisohoka kugirango bifashe kunanuka no koroshya urusenda, byoroshye guhanagura inzira.
Byongeye kandi, NAC yerekanye amasezerano yo gushyigikira ubuzima bwumwijima ifasha mugukuraho ibintu byuburozi, nka acetaminofeni, igabanya ububabare busanzwe.Irashobora kandi kugira ingaruka zo gukingira kwangirika kwumwijima guterwa no kunywa inzoga.
Usibye imiterere ya antioxydeant nubuhumekero, NAC yashakishijwe ku nyungu zishobora kugira mu buzima bwo mu mutwe.Ubushakashatsi bumwe bwerekana ko bushobora kugira ingaruka nziza ku ihungabana ry’imyumvire, nko kwiheba no guhungabana bikabije (OCD).