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N-acetyl-L-cysteine

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The N-acetylated derivative of natural amino acid L-cysteine.

An acetylcysteine that has formula C5H9NO3S.

Term info

Label

N-acetyl-L-cysteine

Synonyms
  • (2R)-2-acetylamino-3-sulfanylpropanoic acid
  • (R)-2-acetylamino-3-mercaptopropanoic acid
  • (R)-mercapturic acid
  • Acetylcysteine
  • C5H9NO3S
  • CC(=O)N[C@@H](CS)C(O)=O
  • InChI=1/C5H9NO3S/c1-3(7)6-4(2-10)5(8)9/h4,10H,2H2,1H3,(H,6,7)(H,8,9)/t4-/m0/s1/f/h6,8H
  • InChIKey=PWKSKIMOESPYIA-JVBVHTJODB
  • L-acetylcysteine
  • L-alpha-acetamido-beta-mercaptopropionic acid
  • N-acetylcysteine
  • acetilcisteina
  • acetylcysteinum
  • mercapturic acid
database cross reference
EFO URI

http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0001576

definition citation

CHEBI_28939

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