Medical question for school

[sandrab1026]

I am in a RT class and am learning all types of drug names.  One is N-acetylcysteine and my teacher wants us to find out what the N stands for.  Can you help me?  I can't find it anywhere on the internet.  

Thanks,
Sandra

[Tyler15951]

Hey,

I took a look at the the molecular structure in DrugBank & it seems that Acetylcysteine & N-Acetylcysteine are synonyms for one another. It seems that the "N" mearly denotes that a NITROGEN group is the joining link between an acetyl & a cysteine functional groups.


Hope this helps,

Tyler  

[sandrab1026]

Thanks for your help and time.  I will present it to my teacher Monday.  I had no idea what it stood for.  You are great for helping other.

Thanks again,
Sandra