Vitamin B3
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Vitamin B3, colloquially referred to as niacin, is a vitamin family that includes three forms, or vitamers: nicotinic acid, nicotinamide, and nicotinamide riboside. All three forms of vitamin B3 are c
A man with pellagra, which is caused by a chronic lack of vitamin B3 in the diet
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide is a coenzyme central to metabolism. Found in all living cells, NAD is called a dinucleotide because it consists of two nucleotides joined through their phosphate gro
Vitamin B3
…vitamers: nicotinic acid (niacin), nicotinamide (niacinamide), and nicotinamide riboside. All three forms of vitamin B3 are converted within the body to nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD). NAD is required for human life and people are unable to make it within their bodies without either vitamin B3 or tryptophan. Nicotinamide riboside…
Arthur Harden, co-discoverer of NAD