Effects of the Usage of l-Cysteine (l-Cys) on Human Health
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Title: | Effects of the Usage of l-Cysteine (l-Cys) on Human Health |
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Authors: | Clemente Plaza, Noelia | Reig García-Galbis, Manuel | Martínez-Espinosa, Rosa María |
Research Group/s: | Bioquímica Aplicada/Applied Biochemistry (AppBiochem) |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Agroquímica y Bioquímica |
Keywords: | l-cysteine | Biological medicine | Nutraceutical | Nutritional therapy | Dietary supplements |
Knowledge Area: | Bioquímica y Biología Molecular |
Issue Date: | 3-Mar-2018 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Citation: | Clemente Plaza N, Reig García-Galbis M, Martínez-Espinosa RM. Effects of the Usage of l-Cysteine (l-Cys) on Human Health. Molecules. 2018; 23(3):575. doi:10.3390/molecules23030575 |
Abstract: | This review summarizes recent knowledge about the use of the amino acid l-Cysteine (l-Cys) through diet, nutritional supplements or drugs with the aim to improve human health or treat certain diseases. Three databases (PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science) and different keywords have been used to create a database of documents published between 1950 and 2017 in scientific journals in English or Spanish. A total of 60,885 primary publications were ultimately selected to compile accurate information about the use of l-Cys in medicine and nutritional therapies and to identify the reported benefits of l-Cys on human health. The number of publications about the use of l-Cys for these purposes has increased significantly during the last two decades. This increase seems to be closely related to the rise of nutraceutical industries and personalized medicine. The main evidence reporting benefits of l-Cys usage is summarized. However, the lack of accurate information and studies based on clinical trials hampers consensus among authors. Thus, the debate about the role and effectiveness of supplements/drugs containing l-Cys is still open. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/74090 |
ISSN: | 1420-3049 |
DOI: | 10.3390/molecules23030575 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules23030575 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - AppBiochem - Artículos de Revistas |
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