Acetylcysteine is a medicine that can be used as mucolytic with ecpectorant activity, antidote and antioxidant.
- Acetylcysteine exhibits its mucolytic action through breaks up the disulfide bond of mucus thus reducing viscosity to make it easier to cough up the mucus and clear the airways
- Decreasing bactrial adhesion onto surface by inhibition and disruption of bioflim
- Enhance ciliary movement cuase increase the expulsion of mucus
- Stimulating gastro-pulmonary vagal reflex thereby clearing the mucus from the airways.
- Acetylcysteine is a precursor of glutathione which an antioxidant and antidote activity