niacin Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˈnaɪə.sɪn]
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  • All strains were analysed by standard biochemical tests (niacin and nitrate).

  • Cholesterol and stroke intima media thickness associated with colestipol/niacin therapy.

  • These included riboflavin, niacin and folic acid.

  • Colesevelam is one of the bile-acid sequestrants, which along with niacin and the statins, are the three main types of cholesterol-lowering agents.

  • Some of these symptoms are generally related to niacin's role as the rate limiting cofactor in the histidine decarboxylase enzyme which converts l-histidine into histamine.

  • As early as 1755, pellagra was recognized by doctors as being a niacin deficiency disease.

  • It is a combination of clofibrate and niacin, linked together by an ester bond.

  • These conditions convert corn's bound niacin to free niacin, making it available for absorption into the body, thus preventing pellagra.

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Translations of niacin In Other Languages

  • 中文繁体

    煙酸(在小麥、牛肉、雞肉和牛奶等食品中含有的一種複合維生素B,對體內能量轉化和保持消化、神經系統健康有著重要作用)…

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  • 中文简体

    烟酸(在小麦、牛肉、鸡肉和牛奶等食品中含有的一种复合维生素B,对体内能量转化和保持消化、神经系统健康有着重要作用)…

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  • Português

    niacina…

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  • Polski

    niacyna…

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