niacin

See also: Niacin

English

structure of niacin and nicotinamide

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪəsɪn

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• E375 when used as a colour retention agent
• nicotinic acid
• vitamin B₃
• (historic names) vitamin PP, vitamin P-P, PP-factor, pellagra-preventive factor

Translations

water-soluble vitamin

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烟酸 (zh) (yān suān)

• Finnish: niasiini (fi)
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• French: niacine (fr)
• German: Niacin (de) n
• Italian: niacina (it)
• Japanese: ナイアシン (naiashin)
• Turkish: niyasin

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