{"id":340,"date":"2009-04-15T16:27:46","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T23:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glossary.ultimatefatburner.com\/?p=340"},"modified":"2015-02-14T17:37:56","modified_gmt":"2015-02-14T22:37:56","slug":"nacetylcysteine-nac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/nacetylcysteine-nac\/","title":{"rendered":"N-Acetyl-Cysteine (NAC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An analog of the amino acid <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/lcysteine\/\" target=\"_blank\">l-cysteine<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0NAC is a drug used\u00a0to a) help <a href=\"https:\/\/login.medscape.com\/login\/sso\/getlogin?urlCache=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5tZWRzY2FwZS5jb20vdmlld2FydGljbGUvNTA4MDAx&amp;ac=401&amp;cc=aHR0cDovL2xvZ2luLm1lZHNjYXBlLmNvbS9sb2dpbi9zc28vZ2V0bG9naW4\/dXJsQ2FjaGU9YUhSMGNEb3ZMM2QzZHk1dFpXUnpZMkZ3WlM1amIyMHZkbWxsZDJGeWRHbGpiR1V2TlRBNE1EQXgmYWM9NDAx&amp;cookieCheck=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dissolve mucus and treat inflammation\u00a0in respiratory\u00a0conditions<\/a>;\u00a0b) protect\u00a0against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1769030\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">radiocontrast-induced nephropathy<\/a>;\u00a0and c) to <a href=\"http:\/\/emedicine.medscape.com\/article\/820200?cc=aHR0cDovL2VtZWRpY2luZS5tZWRzY2FwZS5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZS84MjAyMDA=&amp;cookieCheck=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">treat\u00a0acetaminophen toxicity<\/a>.\u00a0 It&#8217;s also taken as an oral supplement, as it&#8217;s a precursor to glutathione, a potent endogenous antioxidant.\u00a0 NAC may also have neuroprotective effects in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2375967\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brain injury<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2008\/09\/10\/us-chemo-brain-idUSCOL06872820080910\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exposure to chemotherapeutic drugs<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An analog of the amino acid l-cysteine.\u00a0\u00a0NAC is a drug used\u00a0to a) help dissolve mucus and treat inflammation\u00a0in respiratory\u00a0conditions;\u00a0b) protect\u00a0against radiocontrast-induced nephropathy;\u00a0and c) to treat\u00a0acetaminophen toxicity.\u00a0 It&#8217;s also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[123,473,683,686,696,904],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}