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Acetylcysteine

Known as: Acetylcysteine [Chemical/Ingredient], Acid, Mercapturic, L-Cysteine, N-acetyl- 
A synthetic N-acetyl derivative of the endogenous amino acid L-cysteine, a precursor of the antioxidant enzyme glutathione. Acetylcysteine… 
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1,4-dihydroxynonene mercapturic acid1-methylpyrenylmercapturic acid2-(acetylcysteine)-N-isopropylacetanilide3-hydroxy-1-methylpropylmercapturic acid
Acute Kidney Tubular NecrosisAntidoteBronchitisDrug toxicity

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Amino Acids, SulfurCysteineFree Radical Scavengers

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1995
1995
Collectin in a non-mammalian species: isolation and characterization of mannan-binding protein (MBP) from chicken serum.
A chicken serum lectin was isolated by affinity chromatography on TSK-75 beads derivatized with the monosaccharide N-acetyl-D… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Modification of the polar head group of acetyl glyceryl ether phosphorylcholine and subsequent effects upon platelet activation.
A series of phosphoglycerides containing the same structural unit, 1-O-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol, was prepared with the… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Mechanism of codon-anticodon interaction in ribosomes. Direct functional evidence that isolated 30S subunits contain two condon- specific binding sites for transfer RNA
  • S. KirillovValentin I. MakhnoYuri P. Semenkov
  • Nucleic Acids Res.
  • 1980
  • Corpus ID: 15055662
30S subunits were isolated capable to bind simultaneously two molecules of Phe-tRNAPhe (or N-Acetyl-Phe-tRNAPhe), both poly(U… 
1979
1979
Evidence for hemiacetal formation between N-acyl-L-phenylalaninals and alpha-chymotrypsin by cross-saturation nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
N-Acetyl-L-phenylalaninal exists predominantly in its hydrated form in aqueous solution, but the aldehyde and not the hydrate is… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Isolation of six novel phosphoinositol-containing sphingolipids from tobacco leaves.
A concentrate of phosphosphingolipids from tobacco leaves has been resolved into two groups by chromatography on… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Glutathione synthesis and degradation in fetal and adult rat liver and Novikoff hepatoma.
The in vitro activities of the three main enzymes involved in the synthesis and degradation of glutathione (γ-glutamyicysteine… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
2,5,5-Trimethylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid, a D(-)-penicillamine-directed pseudometabolite of ethanol. Detoxication mechanism for acetaldehyde.
A directed detoxication mechanism for acetaldehyde (AcH) is described wherein ethanol-derived AcH, circulating in the blood of… 
1976
1976
Cryoenzymology of chymotrypsin: the detection of intermediates in the catalysis of a specific anilide substrate.
The reaction between chymotrypsin and N-acetyl-L-phenylalanine p-nitroanilide has been studied at subzero temperatures in fluid… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Chemical modifications of functional residues of fd gene 5 DNA-binding protein.
The binding of gene 5 protein from bacteriophage fd to poly[d(A-T)], fdDNA, and poly(A) is accompanied by a dramatic reversal in… 
1964
1964
Formation of mercapturic acids. 5. Metabolism of some halogenoparaffins and nitroparaffins.
& Young (1959, 1960) showed that n-propylmercapturic acid was excreted by rats, rabbits, guinea pigs and mice to which 1-bromoor…