niacin
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- noun
- /ˈnaɪəsɪn/
- Specialized
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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.
- This is one of the vitamins on your bottle, Niacin, which gets metabolized into NADNADP.
- So his theory is that the niacin kind of activates those areas, then the mushrooms go in to those activated areas and help help some regrowth.
- Except then we drop our lawsuit and about two weeks later they do the same thing with NMNNMN is a, some people think an equivalent of niacin.
Examples
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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.
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A doctor recommended taking niacin to improve my cholesterol levels.
Synonyms
A form of vitamin B3 the body needs for healthy nerves and digestion
Surface Forms
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.