FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
Chemical: N-acetyl-L-cysteine
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General Information
Name
N-acetyl-L-cysteine
FlyBase ID
FBch0001659
ChEBI Name
N-acetyl-L-cysteine
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:28939
PubChem Name
PubChem ID
Chemical Structure
Chemical structure of N-acetyl-L-cysteine
N-acetyl-L-cysteine
InChIKey

PWKSKIMOESPYIA-BYPYZUCNSA-N

Definition (ChEBI)

An N-acetyl-L-amino acid that is the N-acetylated derivative of the natural amino acid L-cysteine.

Roles Classification (ChEBI)
Comment
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (22)
Synonyms
(2R)-2-acetylamino-3-sulfanylpropanoic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
(R)-2-acetylamino-3-mercaptopropanoic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
(R)-mercapturic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Acetylcysteine
(ChEBI, 2019-)
BPA
(Zymovets et al., 2025)
L-acetylcysteine
(ChEBI, 2019-)
L-alpha-acetamido-beta-mercaptopropionic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
N-ACETYL-L-CYSTEINE
(ChEBI, 2019-)
N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine
(De Lazzari et al., 2023, Wang et al., 2022)
N-Acetyl-L-cysteine
(Hwang et al., 2025, Vaccaro et al., 2020)
N-Acetylcysteine
(Liu et al., 2025, Naik et al., 2025, Wang et al., 2023)
N-acetyl cysteine
(Biswas et al., 2026, Recatalà-Martinez et al., 2026, Zhou et al., 2026, Medina et al., 2025, Atienzar-Aroca et al., 2024, Liu et al., 2024, Saez-Carrion et al., 2024, Wodrich et al., 2024, Hsi et al., 2023, Saeedi et al., 2022, Russi et al., 2020, Iatsenko et al., 2018)
N-acetyl- L -cysteine
(Walker et al., 2025)
N-acetyl-L-(+)-cysteine
(ChEBI, 2019-)
N-acetyl-L-cysteine
(Xu et al., 2026, Li et al., 2025, Dos Santos and Cochemé, 2024, Morimura et al., 2024, Yang et al., 2024, Fernandez-Acosta et al., 2022, ChEBI, 2019-, Shaposhnikov et al., 2018, Wu et al., 2018, Dragh et al., 2017, Clemente-Ruiz et al., 2016, Xie and Dubrovsky, 2015, Na et al., 2014, Sun et al., 2012, Saini et al., 2011)
N-acetyl-cysteine
(Yadav et al., 2026, Coleman et al., 2024, Guzman et al., 2024, Fernandez-Acosta et al., 2022)
N-acetylcysteine
(Kalyanaraman et al., 2026, Tendero-Lopez et al., 2025, Wang et al., 2025, Wu et al., 2025, Zymovets et al., 2025, Madhwani et al., 2024, Agostini et al., 2023, Chen et al., 2023, ChEBI, 2019-, Silva et al., 2018, Clemente-Ruiz et al., 2016, Xie and Dubrovsky, 2015, Na et al., 2014, Nam et al., 2012, Sun et al., 2012, Saini et al., 2011)
NAC
(Recatalà-Martinez et al., 2026, Hwang et al., 2025, Naik et al., 2025, Vaccaro et al., 2020, ChEBI, 2019-, Wang et al., 2019, Silva et al., 2018)
acetilcisteina
(ChEBI, 2019-)
acetylcysteinum
(ChEBI, 2019-)
mercapturic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
n-acetyl cysteine
(Wang et al., 2019)
Secondary FlyBase IDs
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