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Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring > Pyridines > Nicotinic Acids > Niacinamide
Heterocyclic Compounds > Acids, Heterocyclic > Nicotinic Acids > Niacinamide

Preferred term

Niacinamide  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • 3 Pyridinecarboxamide
  • 3-Pyridinecarboxamide
  • B 3, Vitamin
  • B3, Vitamin
  • Nicotinamide
  • Vitamin B 3
  • Vitamin B3
  • Vitamin PP

Note

  • /defic: consider also PELLAGRA; /ther use: coordinate disease with /drug ther, not /diet ther

Scope note

  • An important compound functioning as a component of the coenzyme NAD. Its primary significance is in the prevention and/or cure of blacktongue and PELLAGRA. Most animals cannot manufacture this compound in amounts sufficient to prevent nutritional deficiency and it therefore must be supplemented through dietary intake.

History note

  • 93; was NICOTINAMIDE 1963-92; NIACINAMIDE was see NICOTINAMIDE 1963-92

In other languages

  • nikotinamidi

    Finnish

  • niacinamidum
  • niasiiniamidi
  • nicotinamidum
  • nikotiinihappoamidi
  • pyridiini-3-karboksyylihappoamidi
  • Niacinamid

    Swedish

  • B3-vitamin
  • PP-vitamin
  • Vitamin B3
  • Vitamin PP

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009536

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