N-Acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) wani nau'i ne na amino acid cysteine da aka gyara.Yana ba da tushen cysteine kuma ana iya jujjuya shi cikin sauri zuwa cikin glutathione tripeptide, mai ƙarfi antioxidant a cikin jiki.An san NAC don maganin antioxidant da kaddarorin mucolytic, yana sa ya zama mai amfani a aikace-aikacen lafiya daban-daban.
A matsayin antioxidant, NAC yana taimakawa kare sel daga lalacewa ta hanyar radicals kyauta, nau'in oxygen mai amsawa, da gubobi.Hakanan yana goyan bayan haɗakar glutathione, wanda ke taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin ayyukan detoxification na jiki da kiyaye tsarin garkuwar jiki mai kyau.
An yi nazarin NAC don yuwuwar fa'idodinta a cikin lafiyar numfashi, musamman ga mutanen da ke da yanayi kamar mashako na yau da kullun, COPD, da cystic fibrosis.An fi amfani da shi azaman abin tsinkaya don taimakawa bakin ciki da sassauta gamsai, yana sauƙaƙa share hanyoyin iska.
Bugu da ƙari kuma, NAC ta nuna alƙawarin tallafawa lafiyar hanta ta hanyar taimakawa wajen kawar da abubuwa masu guba, irin su acetaminophen, mai maganin ciwo na kowa.Hakanan yana iya samun tasirin kariya daga lalacewar hanta ta hanyar shan barasa.
Baya ga kaddarorin tallafin antioxidant da na numfashi, an bincika NAC don yuwuwar fa'idodinta a cikin lafiyar hankali.Wasu bincike sun nuna cewa yana iya samun tasiri mai kyau a kan matsalolin yanayi, irin su baƙin ciki da damuwa mai tsanani (OCD).