NAC 60 N - ACETYL CYSTEINE Vegetable capsules

N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine (NAC) is a mucolytic agent that decreases the viscosity of mucous secretions, fluidizing mucus without increasing its volume, while activating the ciliated epithelium, the way it favors expectoration and normalization? of mucociliary function.Its mucolytic effect is explained by the depolymerization of mucoprotein complexes and nucleic acids, which made the viscosity to the vitreous and purulent component of sputum and other secretions, effect that carries out? Its free sulfhydryl group, which acts directly on mucoproteins breaking disulfide bridges and decreasing the viscosity of mucus. ?