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amino-acid · established

N-Acetylcysteine

Glutathione precursor. Antioxidant and mucolytic.

EVIDENCE
established
PRICE
$
AVAILABLE AT
iherb

Available
forms.

01
NAC
02
NAC ethyl ester

How it
works.

N-Acetylcysteine affects the following biological pathways. Click any mechanism to see everything else that affects it.

supported
Nrf2 Activation
Nrf2

Nrf2 is the master regulator of antioxidant enzymes (SOD, catalase, HO-1).

supported
NF-κB Inhibition
NF-κB

NF-κB is a master inflammatory switch. Inhibiting it reduces chronic inflammation.

NOT YET IN A STACK

This ingredient is not currently part of any published stack. It appears here for reference — check back as we add more combinations.