niacin Biochem.
(ˈnaɪəsɪn)
[f. nicotinic a. + acid a. and n. + -in1.]
a. = nicotinic acid. b. The pellagra-preventing vitamin, which can be either nicotinic acid or nicotinamide.
| 1942 Cooperative Consumer 28 Feb. 5/3 ‘Niacin’ is the new name for ‘nicotinic acid’, the ingredient of enriched bread which was first discovered as a potent preventive and cure for pellagra. The new name was found to be necessary because some anti-tobacco groups warned against using enriched bread because it would foster the cigaret habit... Federal Security Administrator Paul McNutt..approved the name. 1956 A. Huxley Let. 25 Dec. (1969) 814 Are there any published papers on the use of niacin in the treatment of high cholesterol conditions? 1968 Pfeiffer & Murphree in D. H. Efron Psychopharmacology 696/2 The majority of schizophrenic patients given niacin or niacinamide had fewer hospital readmissions..when compared to non-vitamin treated control groups. 1970 Nature 16 May 665/2 Niacin is now acceptably defined as a blanket word for the acid and amide. 1972 Materials & Technology V. xix. 676 The best dietary sources of niacin are yeast, liver, lean meat, poultry, and legumes. |