NAC enhanced antioxidant formula provides amino acids, nucleic acid and lipoic acid which together provide antioxidant activity and support glutathione production.
N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine (NAC) is a premier antioxidant, antitoxin, and immune support nutrient. NAC is a derivative of the amino acid L-cysteine, and is a dietary precursor to reduced glutathione. Glutathione, cysteine, and NAC are sulphydryl (-SH) substances, which play crucial roles in the body’s natural antioxidant defences.
Antioxidant activity is important to homeostasis and to normal metabolism. NAC has superior bioavailability compared to glutathione and cysteine. As potent antioxidant free radical scavengers, the natural sulphydryl (-SH) substances can readily donate electrons, which makes them able to combine with, and thereby neutralise, a great variety of potentially toxic, reactive substances.
These -SH substances can also help protect against radiation damage, which is largely mediated by free radical formation. They are important physiological antitoxins, and are valuable for optimal immune function.
Lipoic Acid, a potent antioxidant and a critical cofactor for many enzyme complexes. Lipoic acid has exhibiting the capability to quench free radicals.
In the body Lipoic acid functions as both a coenzyme, and a necessary component for normal mitochondrial function. Lipoic acid has activity in both fat and water-soluble tissues.