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    Niacin, also known as nicotinic acid, is an organic compound and a vitamer of vitamin B3, an essential human nutrient. It is produced by plants and animals...
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    Vitamin B3 (redirect from Niacin equivalent)
    Vitamin B3, colloquially referred to as niacin, is a vitamin family that includes three forms, or vitamers: niacin (nicotinic acid), nicotinamide (niacinamide)...
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    Pellagra (redirect from Niacin deficiency)
    Pellagra is a disease caused by a lack of the vitamin niacin (vitamin B3). Symptoms include inflamed skin, diarrhea, dementia, and sores in the mouth....
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    Nicotinamide (redirect from Niacin amide)
    (swallowed by mouth) to prevent and treat pellagra (niacin deficiency). While nicotinic acid (niacin) may be used for this purpose, niacinamide has the...
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    The niacin test has been widely used since the 1960s to identify mycobacteria at the species level in the clinical laboratory. The niacin test detects...
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    Billy Sheehan (redirect from Niacin (band))
    bass guitar with acts such as Talas, Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, Niacin, and The Winery Dogs. He is also known for his "lead bass" playing style...
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  • Niacin, or nicotinic acid, is an organic compound. Niacin may also refer to: Vitamin B3, colloquially referred to as niacin Niacin (band), with Billy Sheehan...
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    carotenoids) Vitamin B1 (thiamine) Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) Vitamin B3 (niacin) Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) Vitamin B7 (biotin)...
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  • by chemical name, such as B1 for thiamine, B2 for riboflavin, and B3 for niacin, while some are more commonly recognized by name than by number, such as...
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    Laropiprant (INN) was a drug used in combination with niacin to reduce blood cholesterol (LDL and VLDL) that is no longer sold, due to increases in side-effects...
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  • known human niacin receptors (or nicotinic acid receptors, abbreviated NIACR) are: Niacin receptor 1 (NIACR1, formerly known as GPR109A) Niacin receptor...
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  • receptor HM74 otherwise known as niacin receptor 2 and HM74A / GPR109A, niacin receptor 1. Pharmacologic (1- to 3-gram/day) niacin doses increase HDL levels...
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    photosensitization, acute radiation syndrome, mercury toxicity, blister agents, niacin administration, or waxing and tweezing of the hairs—any of which can cause...
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    hypothesis", he and Osmond in 1967 speculated that megadoses of vitamin C and niacin could cure schizophrenia by reducing brain adrenochrome. The treatment of...
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    Hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 2 (HCA2), also known as GPR109A and niacin receptor 1 (NIACR1), is a protein which in humans is encoded (its formation...
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    Niacin/lovastatin (trade names Advicor) was a drug combination used for the treatment of dyslipidemia. It was a combination of the lipid-modifying drug/vitamin...
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  • involved in the kynurenine pathway of synthesis of niacin from tryptophan can lead to pellagra (niacin deficiency). Lifestyle choices: Lifestyle choices...
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    Niacin/simvastatin (trade name Simcor, by Abbott) is a combination drug consisting of an extended release form of the lipid-lowering drug niacin and the...
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    (niacin, vitamin B3) and menthol. At room temperature, menthyl nicotinate is a colorless, odorless, viscous liquid. Being a topical lipophilic niacin derivative...
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  • riboflavin (B2), niacin (B3), and folic acid (B9). Wheat flour sold in Colombia must by law be fortified with vitamin B1, vitamin B2, niacin (B3), folic acid...
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    inositol hexaniacinate, is marketed in the United States as a "no-flush niacin" dietary supplement. Flushing, in physiology, essentially means that epidermal...
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  • little.[citation needed] Treatment include diet control, fibrates and niacins. Statins are not better than fibrates when lowering triglyceride levels...
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  • The US Recommended Dietary Allowance for niacin for adult women is 14 mg/day and for adult men 16 mg/day. Niacin is available as a prescription product...
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    Acipimox (trade name Olbetam in Europe) is a niacin derivative used as a lipid-lowering agent. It reduces triglyceride levels and increases HDL cholesterol...
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    very important in the early Mesoamerican diet, as there is very little niacin in corn and the tryptophan within is unavailable without processing.: §5...
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    McLaughlin, Niacin, Mike Stern, CAB, Greg Howe, and many others. He has toured extensively with Carlos Santana and makes appearances with his band Niacin. In...
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    smoking of plant matter like tobacco. Some well known heterocyclic amines are niacin (vitamin B3), nicotine (psychoactive alkaloid and recreational drug), and...
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    pycamilon, and pikamilon) is a drug formed by a synthetic combination of niacin and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA). It was developed in the Soviet Union in...
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    source (20% or more of the Daily Value, DV) of the B vitamins riboflavin, niacin, and pantothenic acid (table). Fresh mushrooms are also a good source (10–19%...
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    zeaxanthin 0% 26 μg 22 μg Thiamine (B1) 2% 0.023 mg Riboflavin (B2) 21% 0.278 mg Niacin (B3) 1% 0.208 mg Pantothenic acid (B5) 7% 0.331 mg Vitamin B6 4% 0.063 mg...
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