Family · Pharmaceutical analytical standards
Acetylcysteine
The N-acetyl derivative of the amino acid cysteine, used as a mucolytic: it thins the thick, sticky mucus of the airways so that it can be cleared more easily. This family brings together the active ingredient, pharmacopoeial impurities, labelled standards, nitrosamines and other impurities.
Did you know?In microbiology, together with sodium hydroxide, it is used to liquefy sputum before culturing the tuberculosis bacillus (NALC-NaOH method), helping the mycobacteria in the sample to grow.
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EDQM standards 4
The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.
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