"Acetylcysteine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.886.030.230.259 D12.125.166.230.259
|
| 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
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Acetylcysteine".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Acetylcysteine".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Acetylcysteine" by people in this website by year, and whether "Acetylcysteine" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Acetylcysteine" by people in Profiles.
-
Curcumin induced oxidative stress attenuation by N-acetylcysteine co-treatment: a fibroblast and epithelial cell in-vitro study in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Mol Med. 2019 06 13; 25(1):27.
-
The role of oxidant injury in tumor cell sensitivity to recombinant human tumor necrosis factor in vivo. Implications for mechanisms of action. J Immunol. 1989 Feb 15; 142(4):1405-9.