See also: Niacin

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structure of niacin and nicotinamide

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in 1942 derived from nicotinic +‎ acid +‎ vitamin, chosen to dissociate it from nicotine, to avoid the perception that vitamins or niacin-rich food contains nicotine, or that cigarettes contain vitamins.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnaɪəsɪn/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪəsɪn

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niacin (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.
    • 2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 7, in The Secret of Our Success [] , Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN:
      Mixing the alkali into the recipe in the right way chemically releases the otherwise unavailable niacin in the corn, which stops pellagra in its tracks, and allowed corn-based agricultural populations to grow and spread.

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