Alpha lipoic acid ke antioxidant ea bokahohle. Hobane e qhibiliha ka metsing ebile e qhibiliha ka mafura. Sena se bolela hore e na le mefuta e mengata ea mesebetsi, e fihlang seleng e 'ngoe le e' ngoe ea 'mele le ho sireletsa litho ho tsoa tšenyo e khōlō ea mahala. Joaloka antioxidant, α Lipoic acid e ka fana ka melemo e latelang:

√Thusa ho qhaqha lintho tse chefo tse kang mercury le arsenic sebeteng ka ho eketsa tlhahiso ea glutathione.

√Ho khothaletsoa ho nchafatsoa ha li-antioxidants tse ling, haholo livithamini E, vithamine C, glutathione le Coenzyme Q10.

√E bapala karolo ea bohlokoa ho fetoleng tsoekere hore e be matla.

√E thusa ho ntlafatsa mohopolo oa nako e khuts'oane le oa nako e telele.

√Phuputso e fumane hore alpha lipoic acid e molemo ho batho ba nang le lefu la tsoekere hape e thusa ho laola maemo a tsoekere maling.

√E na le melemo ho bakuli ba AIDS.

√E thusa ho phekola lefu la arteriosclerosis.

√Thusa ho nchafatsa sebete (haholo-holo mefuta e amanang le ho noa joala).

√E ka thibela lefu la pelo, mofetše le lera la mahlo.