NICOTINIC ACID Definition & Meaning

nicotinic acid

noun

Biochemistry.

a crystalline acid, C 6 H 5 NO 2 , that is a component of the vitamin-B complex, found in fresh meat, yeast, etc., produced by the oxidation of nicotine, and used in the prevention and treatment of pellagra.

nicotinic acid

noun

a vitamin of the B complex that occurs in milk, liver, yeast, etc. Lack of it in the diet leads to the disease pellagra. Formula: (C 5 H 4 N)COOH Also calledniacin

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See niacin

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Origin of nicotinic acid¹

First recorded in 1885–90

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Niacin, also called Vitamin B3 or nicotinic acid, is vital for their metabolism.

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That missing vitamin was nicotinic acid, later known as niacin, and it helps us evade pellagra.

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Mikhailova said the prison paramedic prescribed diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug, and nicotinic acid, which have not been used “in medicine for 30 years.”

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"The nicotinic acid hypothesis that is the basis for all of these studies is not unreasonable from a molecular standpoint," Medford told Salon.

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"The nicotinic acid hypothesis that is the basis for all of these studies is not unreasonable from a molecular standpoint," Medford explained.

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