niacin
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See also: Niacin
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
niacin (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry, 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.
Synonyms[edit]
- 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[edit]
water-soluble vitamin