nicotinamide

[ nik-uh-tin-uh-mahyd, -mid, -tee-nuh- ]

noun

, Biochemistry.

1. a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 6 N 2 O, the amide of nicotinic acid, and a component of the vitamin-B complex, found in meat, liver, fish, whole wheat, and eggs: used in medicine chiefly as an agent for preventing or treating human pellagra or animal black tongue.

nicotinamide

/ ˌnɪkəˈtɪnəˌmaɪd; -ˈtiːn- /

noun

1. the amide of nicotinic acid: a component of the vitamin B complex and essential in the diet for the prevention of pellagra. Formula: C 6 H 6 ON 2

Word History and Origins

Origin of nicotinamide¹

First recorded in 1890–95; nicotine + amide

Example Sentences

Skipping gut bugs altogether, the team next pumped nicotinamide directly into ALS mice.

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While the abundance of different gut bug species were “marginally significant,” the team found changes in several genes related to nicotinamide.

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They screened all of the metabolites—chemicals that gut bugs pump out into the body—and honed in on nicotinamide, a form of Vitamin B that’s been a darling for combating aging in the longevity sphere.

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