Alpha lipoic acid ndi antioxidant wapadziko lonse. Chifukwa ndi madzi sungunuka ndi mafuta sungunuka. Izi zikutanthauza kuti ili ndi ntchito zosiyanasiyana, kufika pa selo iliyonse ya thupi ndikuteteza ziwalo kuti zisawonongeke zowonongeka. Monga antioxidant, α lipoic acid imatha kupereka zotsatirazi:

√Thandizani kusungunula zinthu zapoizoni monga mercury ndi arsenic m'chiwindi powonjezera kupanga glutathione.

√Kulimbikitsa kusinthika kwa ma antioxidants, makamaka mavitamini E, vitamini C, glutathione ndi Coenzyme Q10.

√Imathandiza kwambiri pakusintha shuga kukhala mphamvu.

√Imathandiza kukumbukira kwakanthawi kochepa komanso kwakanthawi.

√Kafukufukuyu adapeza kuti alpha lipoic acid ndi yabwino kwa odwala matenda ashuga komanso imathandiza kuwongolera kuchuluka kwa shuga m'magazi.

√Ili ndi ubwino wake kwa odwala AIDS.

√Imathandiza pa matenda a atherosulinosis.

√Thandizani kusinthika kwa chiwindi (makamaka mitundu yokhudzana ndi kumwa mowa).

√Imatha kupewa matenda a mtima, khansa komanso ng'ala.