I-Alpha lipoic acid iyi-antioxidant ebanzi. Ngoba iyancibilika emanzini futhi iyancibilika emafutheni. Lokhu kusho ukuthi inemisebenzi eminingi, ifinyelela kuwo wonke amaseli omzimba futhi ivikela izitho zomzimba ekulimaleni kwama-free radical. Njenge-antioxidant, i-α Lipoic acid inganikeza izinzuzo ezilandelayo:

√Siza ekuncibilikiseni izinto ezinobuthi njenge-mercury ne-arsenic esibindini ngokwandisa ukukhiqizwa kwe-glutathione.

√Khuthaza ukuvuselelwa kwamanye ama-antioxidants, ikakhulukazi amavithamini E, amavithamini C, i-glutathione kanye ne-Coenzyme Q10.

√Idlala indima ebalulekile ekuguquleni i-glucose ibe amandla.

√Kusiza ukuthuthukisa inkumbulo yesikhathi esifushane neyesikhathi eside.

√Ucwaningo luthole ukuthi i-alpha lipoic acid ilungele abantu abanesifo sikashukela futhi iyasiza ekulawuleni amazinga kashukela egazini.

√Inezinzuzo ezithile kubantu abane-AIDS.

√Iwusizo ekwelapheni i-arteriosclerosis.

√Siza ekuvuseleleni isibindi (ikakhulukazi izinhlobo ezihlobene nokuphuza utshwala).

√Ingavimbela izifo zenhliziyo, umdlavuza kanye nama-cataract.