Therapeutic Potential of N-Acetylcysteine for Wound Healing, Acute Bronchiolitis, and Congenital Heart Defects
Wound healing is a composite and vital process in which devitalized tissue layers and cellular structures repair themselves. Bronchiolitis is generally prompted by respiratory syncytial virus or human metapneumovirus; this condition is an acute inflammatory injury of bronchioles. Heart problems t...
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| description | Wound healing is a composite and vital process in which devitalized tissue layers and cellular structures repair themselves. Bronchiolitis is generally prompted by respiratory syncytial virus or human metapneumovirus; this condition is an acute inflammatory injury of bronchioles. Heart problems that develop before birth are known as congenital heart defects (CHDs), and pregestational diabetes is considered a major predisposing factor of CHDs. N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) is a transformed kind of amino acid cysteine which restores the intracellular levels of the natural antioxidant glutathione when taken internally, thereby assisting the cells’ ability to diminish the damaging effects of reactive oxygen species (ROS). |
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| spelling | ump-135432018-01-10T05:57:54Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/13543/ Therapeutic Potential of N-Acetylcysteine for Wound Healing, Acute Bronchiolitis, and Congenital Heart Defects Almatar, Manaf Batool, Tahira Makky, Essam A. RS Pharmacy and materia medica Wound healing is a composite and vital process in which devitalized tissue layers and cellular structures repair themselves. Bronchiolitis is generally prompted by respiratory syncytial virus or human metapneumovirus; this condition is an acute inflammatory injury of bronchioles. Heart problems that develop before birth are known as congenital heart defects (CHDs), and pregestational diabetes is considered a major predisposing factor of CHDs. N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) is a transformed kind of amino acid cysteine which restores the intracellular levels of the natural antioxidant glutathione when taken internally, thereby assisting the cells’ ability to diminish the damaging effects of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Bentham Science 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/13543/1/Al-Matar-MS-1%202016.pdf application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/13543/7/Therapeutic%20Potential%20of%20N-Acetylcysteine%20for%20Wound%20Healing%2C%20Acute%20Bronchiolitis%2C%20and%20Congenital%20Heart%20Defects.pdf Almatar, Manaf and Batool, Tahira and Makky, Essam A. (2016) Therapeutic Potential of N-Acetylcysteine for Wound Healing, Acute Bronchiolitis, and Congenital Heart Defects. Current Drug Metabolism, 17 (2). pp. 156-167. ISSN 1875-5453. (Published) http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389200217666151210124713 DOI: 10.2174/1389200217666151210124713 |
| spellingShingle | RS Pharmacy and materia medica Almatar, Manaf Batool, Tahira Makky, Essam A. Therapeutic Potential of N-Acetylcysteine for Wound Healing, Acute Bronchiolitis, and Congenital Heart Defects |
| title | Therapeutic Potential of N-Acetylcysteine for Wound Healing, Acute Bronchiolitis, and Congenital Heart Defects |
| title_full | Therapeutic Potential of N-Acetylcysteine for Wound Healing, Acute Bronchiolitis, and Congenital Heart Defects |
| title_fullStr | Therapeutic Potential of N-Acetylcysteine for Wound Healing, Acute Bronchiolitis, and Congenital Heart Defects |
| title_full_unstemmed | Therapeutic Potential of N-Acetylcysteine for Wound Healing, Acute Bronchiolitis, and Congenital Heart Defects |
| title_short | Therapeutic Potential of N-Acetylcysteine for Wound Healing, Acute Bronchiolitis, and Congenital Heart Defects |
| title_sort | therapeutic potential of n-acetylcysteine for wound healing, acute bronchiolitis, and congenital heart defects |
| topic | RS Pharmacy and materia medica |
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