niacin
structure of niacin and nicotinamide
Meaning
Noun
- A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.
Related
Similar words
- E375 when used as a colour retention agent
- nicotinic acid
- vitamin PP, vitamin P-P, PP-factor, pellagra-preventive factor
Origin
- 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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