The chemistry and biological activities of N-acetylcysteine

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1830, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 4117-4129

  Samuni, Yuval ^a   Goldstein, Sara ^b   Dean, Olivia M ^a,c   Berk, Michael ^a,c,d  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d THE NATIONAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cell permeability; Disulfide bond; Glutathione precursor; N acetylcysteine; Redox potential

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIOXIDANT; DOXORUBICIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; N ACETYLCYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER; PARACETAMOL; PARAQUAT; PEROXYNITRITE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; RADICAL; STREPTOKINASE; SUPEROXIDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; THIYL RADICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIMUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; AUTISM; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COMPONENT; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOSKELETON; DISULFIDE BOND; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIGAND BINDING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MUTAGENESIS; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSYCHOPATHY; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TRICHOTILLOMANIA; TUMOR GROWTH;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CELL CYCLE; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84877828545     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: 18728006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2013.04.016     Document Type: Review

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