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  title info:
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    title: Therapeutic Use of N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) in Medicine
  name:
    name part: Frye, Richard Eugene.
    role:
      role term: editor.
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  name:
    name part: Berk, Michael.
    role:
      role term: editor.
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  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: si
    date issued: 2019
    edition: 1st ed. 2019.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XII, 394 p. 29 illus., 21 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: Focusing on the practical use of N-Acetyl-Cysteine (NAC) in medicine, this book provides a comprehensive review of the basic biological and clinical studies documenting its benefits in treating medical disease. NAC is perhaps best known as an antidote for acetaminophen, but its therapeutic effect in a wide range of medical diseases has recently been realized. In addition to its well recognized use in radiological contrast prophylaxis for renal disease and pulmonary disorders, studies have suggested significant promise in psychiatric and neurological disorders such as addiction, Alzheimer's disease, ataxia, autism, bipolar disorder, depression, epilepsy, neuropathy, obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizophrenia, traumatic brain injury and trichotillomania in addition to promising studies in audiology, cardiology, exercise physiology, gastroenterology, hematology, infectious disease, infertility and ophthalmology. Given the promising studies for a wide range of medical conditions, coupled with a excellent safety profile, the potential for NAC in the treatment of human disease appears considerable. Dr Leonore A Herzenberg from Stanford University, a pioneer of redox physiology and the use of NAC, provides a succinct history of the development of the therapeutic use of NAC for medical disease. This is followed by a series of basic science chapters outlining the role of NAC in important physiological processes, including modulation of dopamine and glutamate neurotransmitter systems, redox and mitochondrial metabolism, apoptosis and inflammation. The last section of the book is dedicated to clinically oriented chapters that comprehensively review the literature on medical disorders in which NAC has been found to be effective, including toxicity and cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, neurological, psychiatric, pulmonary and renal disorders. Each chapter reviews the theoretical biological mechanisms of NAC for the specific diseases reviewed, rates the clinical studies using a…
  table of contents: 1. History of N-acetylcysteine -- Part I. The Basic Science of NAC -- 2. Neurotransmitter Systems: glutamate -- 3. Neurotransmitter Systems: Dopamine -- 4. Oxidative Stress in Psychiatric Disorders -- 5. Mitochondrial Metabolism -- 6. Apoptosis -- 7. Inflammation -- Part II. The Clinical Use of NAC -- 8. Clinical Trials on N-Acetylcysteine -- 9. N-Acetylcysteine in the Poisoned Patient -- 10. The use of NAC as a Chelator for Metal Toxicity -- 11. Application of N-Acetylcysteine in Neurological Disorders -- 12. Application of N-Acetylcysteine in Psychiatric Disorders -- 13. Clinical Treatment of Addictive Disorders with N-Acetylcysteine -- 14. The Clinical Use of N-Acetylcysteine for the Treatment and Protection Against Renal Disease -- 15. Application of N-Acetylcysteine in Pulmonary Disorders -- 16. The Clinical Use of N-Acetylcysteine in Cardiology -- 17. The Clinical Use of N-acetylcysteine in Gastrointestinal Disorders -- 18. The Clinical Use of N-Acetylcysteine in Other Medical Disorders -- 19. The Physiological Effects of N-Acetylcysteine in Clinical Studies -- 20. Cysteine/Glutathione Deficiency: A Significant and Treatable Corollary of Disease -- 21. Pharmacology, Formulations and Adverse Effects.
  note: edited by Richard Eugene Frye, Michael Berk.
  subject:
    topic: Pharmacotherapy
  subject:
    topic: Pharmacology
  subject:
    topic: Pharmacotherapy
  subject:
    topic: Pharmacology/Toxicology
  classification: RM121
  classification: 615.1
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