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  • noun biochemistry The amide of nicotinic acid (or niacin).

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  • Also known as nicotinic acid, this is a precursor of the energy-producing coenzymes in the body called nicotinamide adenine dinucleotides NADs, which are consumed in all sorts of metabolic processes, including cell growth and lipid production.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • Also known as nicotinic acid, this is a precursor of the energy-producing coenzymes in the body called nicotinamide adenine dinucleotides NADs, which are consumed in all sorts of metabolic processes, including cell growth and lipid production.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • Also known as nicotinic acid, this is a precursor of the energy-producing coenzymes in the body called nicotinamide adenine dinucleotides NADs, which are consumed in all sorts of metabolic processes, including cell growth and lipid production.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • They believe that the real regulator of Sir2 is nicotinamide, which is one of the products of the reaction between Sir2 and NAD.

    Boing Boing: May 18, 2003 - May 24, 2003 Archives 2003

  • His later researches at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute have led to the discovery that the flavins and the nicotinamide were the active groups of the hydrogen-transferring enzymes.

    Otto Warburg - Biography 1965

  • A form of vitamin B3 called nicotinamide can reverse the molecular, cellular, and behavioral effects ...

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010

  • Vitamin B3 - Niacin (Vitamin B3) is more commonly known as nicotinamide in the biochemical community and plays an important role in the biosynthesis of pyridine nucleotides.

    unknown title 2009

  • Two unique forms of vitamin B3 (called nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, or NAD, and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, or NADP) are essential for conversion of the body's proteins, fats, and carbohydrates into usable energy.

    The World's Healthiest Foods 2009

  • The compound, called nicotinamide riboside (NR) - a natural NAD+ precursor found in foods like milk - as well as other NR derivatives have already been proven to protect against cell death and axonal degeneration in cultured cells and in models of spinal cord injury.

    Medindia Health News 2009

  • Vitamin B3 - Niacin (Vitamin B3) is more commonly known as nicotinamide in the biochemical community and plays an important role in the biosynthesis of pyridine nucleotides.

    unknown title 2009

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