Product Description
MP BIOMEDICAL 0219460350 - N-ACETYL-L-CYSTEINE - N-ACETYL-L-CYSTEINE IS AN ACETYLATED AMINO ACID WITH ANTIOXIDANT AND MUCOLYTIC PROPERTIES FOR ISOLATION OF MYCOBACTERIA FROM SPUTUM. AS A MUCOLYTIC AGENT, N-ACETYL-L-CYSTEINE SERVES TO DISSIPATE DISULFIDE BONDS ACROSS MUCOPROTEINS, LOOSENING AND CLEARING THE VISCOSITY OF SPUTUM. N-ACETYL-L-CYSTEINE ACTS AS A FREE-RADICAL SCAVENGER AND INHIBITS THE PRODUCTION OF REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES WHICH CAN DAMAGE CELLULAR STRUCTURES. IT IS CRITICAL FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GLUTATHIONE, A KEY ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME IN THE BODY. IT HAS ALSO BEEN SHOWN TO INDUCE APOPTOSIS IN VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS, INDICATING - EQUAL TO C822F71-EA
MANUFACTURER:
MP BIOMEDICAL
MANUFACTURER PART NUMBER:
0219460350
UNIT OF MEASURE:
EA
QTY PER UNIT OF MEASURE:
1
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:
CHINA
ORDER INCREMENT:
1
WEIGHT:
0
CONTRACTOR PART NUMBER:
2800006068
