N-acetyl-L-cysteine
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An N-acetyl-L-amino acid that is the N-acetylated derivative of the natural amino acid L-cysteine.
Term info
Label
N-acetyl-L-cysteine
Synonyms
- N-ACETYL-L-CYSTEINE
- N-acetyl-L-cysteine
Subsets
3_STAR
charge
0
formula
C5H9NO3S
has alternative id
CHEBI:2418, CHEBI:45481, CHEBI:21548
has obo namespace
chebi_ontology
has related synonym
NAC, L-acetylcysteine, L-alpha-acetamido-beta-mercaptopropionic acid, mercapturic acid, acetylcysteinum, Acetylcysteine, N-acetyl-L-(+)-cysteine, (R)-mercapturic acid, (R)-2-acetylamino-3-mercaptopropanoic acid, (2R)-2-acetylamino-3-sulfanylpropanoic acid, acetilcisteina, N-acetylcysteine
id
CHEBI:28939
inchi
InChI=1S/C5H9NO3S/c1-3(7)6-4(2-10)5(8)9/h4,10H,2H2,1H3,(H,6,7)(H,8,9)/t4-/m0/s1
inchikey
PWKSKIMOESPYIA-BYPYZUCNSA-N
mass
163.19590
monoisotopicmass
163.03031
smiles
CC(=O)N[C@@H](CS)C(O)=O
Term relations
Subclass of:
- N-acetyl-L-amino acid
- acetylcysteine
- L-cysteine derivative
- has role some mucolytic
- has role some antiviral drug
- has role some antiinfective agent
- is conjugate acid of some N-acetyl-L-cysteinate
- has role some antioxidant
- has role some antidote to paracetamol poisoning
- has role some vulnerary
- has role some human metabolite
- has role some radical scavenger