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niacin

niacin

4 4.1
A vitamin that helps the body turn food into energy and keeps nerves and digestion healthy
  • noun
  • /ˈnaɪəsɪn/
  • Specialized
translation icon : niacina
  • Foods rich in niacin include meats, fish, and whole grains.
  • niacin deficiency
  • vitamin niacin
  • niacin plus laropiprant

This is one of the vitamins on your bottle, Niacin, which gets metabolized into NADNADP.

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Examples

  • The dietary combination of corn and beans avoids the problem of niacin deficiency and the possibility of developing the niacin deficiency disease pellagra, since beans are good sources of niacin.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Vitamin treatments with niacin are also part of this effort.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Corn is low in the water-soluble B vitamin niacin.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Without lime treatment, the niacin within maize remains chemically bound, unavailable to the body.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Relative to other grains, corn is deficient in niacin or its precursor in protein, tryptophan.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The body needs niacin to convert food into energy and maintain healthy cells.

  • A doctor recommended taking niacin to improve my cholesterol levels.

Synonyms

nicotinic acid
vsniacin
  • Specialized
4.4

A form of vitamin B3 the body needs for healthy nerves and digestion

is the general B complex vitamin vital for metabolism not the specific chemical name

Surface Forms

niacin singular
niacins plural

Etymology

The word niacin is made from parts of nicotinic (from nicotine, the chemical in tobacco) and vitamin, so it originally named nicotinic acid, a vitamin. That's why niacin refers to the B vitamin (B3) the body needs for energy and for the nervous and digestive systems.