vitamin B3

noun

1. nicotinic acid.

Example Sentences

Since 2015, dermatologists have advised many patients with a history of skin cancer to consider taking nicotinamide, a form of vitamin B3.

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Funk’s research also showed that the lack of certain vitamins would cause illness, including a disease called pellagra when the body lacked vitamin B3 and scurvy when it lacked vitamin C.

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Now a new study from the University of Copenhagen and Bispebjerg Hospital suggests that a form of vitamin B3 may be the key to improving quality of life for these patients.

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The patients either received a placebo or the vitamin B3 in doses of two grams a day.

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In other words, the group treated with vitamin B3 experienced reduced lung inflammation during the study.

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