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nicotinamide
[ nik-uh-tin-uh-mahyd, -mid, -tee-nuh- ]
/ ˌnɪk əˈtɪn əˌmaɪd, -mɪd, -ˈti nə- /
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noun Biochemistry.
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C6H6N2O, 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.
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Also called niacinamide, nicotinic acid amide.
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How to use nicotinamide in a sentence
Skipping gut bugs altogether, the team next pumped nicotinamide directly into ALS mice.
While the abundance of different gut bug species were “marginally significant,” the team found changes in several genes related to nicotinamide.
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.
British Dictionary definitions for nicotinamide
nicotinamide
/ (ˌnɪkəˈtɪnəˌmaɪd, -ˈtiːn-) /
noun
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
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