Aside ya alpha lipoic ni antioxydant ikoreshwa ku isi yose. Kubera ko ishonga mu mazi kandi ishonga mu binure. Ibi bivuze ko ifite imirimo myinshi, igera kuri buri turemangingo tw’umubiri kandi ikarinda ingingo kwangirika kwa radicals. Nk’iy’irwanya antioxydant, aside ya α lipoic ishobora gutanga inyungu zikurikira:

√Ifasha gushonga ibintu byangiza umwijima nka mercure na arsenic binyuze mu kongera umusaruro wa glutathione.

√Guteza imbere ivugururwa rya zimwe mu antioxydants, cyane cyane vitamine E, vitamine C, glutathione na Coenzyme Q10.

√Igira uruhare runini mu guhindura isukari mo ingufu.

√Ifasha kongera kwibuka igihe gito n'igihe kirekire.

√Ubushakashatsi bwagaragaje ko aside alpha lipoic ari nziza ku barwayi ba diyabete kandi ifasha mu kugenzura urugero rw'isukari mu maraso.

√Ifite ibyiza bimwe na bimwe ku barwayi ba SIDA.

√Ifasha mu kuvura indwara ya arteriosclerosis.

√Ifasha mu kongera kuvugurura umwijima (cyane cyane ubwoko bujyanye no kunywa inzoga).

√Bishobora gukumira indwara z'umutima, kanseri na cataract.