The invention discloses application of N-
acetylcysteine in preparation of a
medicine for enhancing an immune effect, and relates to the technical field of
biology. On the basis of the existing vaccine immunomodulator technology, the invention provides an application of N-
acetylcysteine or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an
active ingredient in preparation of drugs for enhancing the vaccine immune effect and / or for
adjuvant treatment of infection, and the N-
acetylcysteine can be used for enhancing the immune effect of the vaccine by directly protecting the
mitochondrial respiratory chain function of
plasma cells. According to the present invention, with the application of the traditional immunomodulator, the low-level
intracellular active oxygen can be maintained, and the life in the
bone marrow can be prolonged so as to provide the unique advantages in
immune reaction and memory enhancement, such that the long-term
immune protection effect can be improved, and the safety problem such as local or
whole body adverse reaction possibly caused by the traditional immunomodulator can be avoided; a new safe and effective source is provided for the existing vaccine immunomodulator and the
medicine for treating infection, and the application prospect is wide.