# OnCo record alpha-lipoic-acid (technology). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
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<https://onco.cc/technologies/alpha-lipoic-acid/>
  a schema:MedicalTherapy ;
  onco:kind "technology" ;
  schema:identifier "alpha-lipoic-acid" ;
  schema:name "Alpha-lipoic acid"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "ALA"@en, "Thioctic acid"@en, "R-lipoic acid"@en ;
  schema:description "Alpha-lipoic acid is an antioxidant sold for nerve pain and blood sugar. Small studies hint it might ease paclitaxel nerve damage or radiotherapy mouth soreness, but none is large enough to rely on, and as an antioxidant it could in theory blunt chemotherapy or radiotherapy. It can cause dangerously low blood sugar in some people, and accidental swallowing by children has caused seizures."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/technologies/alpha-lipoic-acid/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-11-04"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/alpha-lipoic-acid> ;
  onco:status "phase-2" ;
  onco:tag "complementary", "supportive-care", "evidence:insufficient" ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/technologies/n-acetylcysteine-supplements/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/carnitine-acetyl-l-carnitine/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/chemotherapy/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/nutrition-lifestyle/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/integrative-oncology/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/dietary-supplements-treatment-interactions/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/cipn-recovery-and-treatment/> ;
  onco:drugs <https://onco.cc/drugs/paclitaxel/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/doxorubicin/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/peripheral-neuropathy/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-toxicity-qol/> .