Niacin

Introduction: Niacin

Description of Niacin

Niacin: SYN: nicotinic acid.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Niacin: Water-soluble vitamin of the B complex occurring in various animal and plant tissues. Required by the body for the formation of coenzymes NAD and NADP. Has pellagra-curative, vasodilating, and antilipemic properties.
Source: Diseases Database

Niacin: nicotinic acid (3-pyridinecarboxylic acid) and its derivatives; a water soluble B vitamin which is the precursor of NAD and NADP.
Source: CRISP

Niacin: A water-soluble vitamin of the B complex occurring in various animal and plant tissues. It is required by the body for the formation of coenzymes NAD and NADP. It has PELLAGRA-curative, vasodilating, and antilipemic properties.
Source: MeSH 2007

Drug name confusion

Because many drug names share similar spellings or sound almost identical when spoken, it is possible to mistake the name of a particular medication. Other drugs that are sometimes confused with Niacin include:

• Minocin
• Niaspan
• Nispan

Terms associated with Niacin:

Terms Similar to Niacin:

• Niacinamide
• Nicotinamide
• Vitamin B3
• Nicotinic acid

Source: Diseases Database

• Nicotinic Acid

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Niacin:

• nicotinamide
• nicotinate

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Niacin

• Nicotinic Acids

Source - MeSH 2007

• pyridine carboxylate
• vitamin B complex

Source - CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Niacin

The following list attempts to classify Niacin into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Heterocyclic Compounds
  • Acids, Heterocyclic
    • Nicotinic Acids
      • Niacin

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Heterocyclic Compounds
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring
    • Pyridines
      • Nicotinic Acids
        • Niacin

External links related to: Niacin

• Newly Approved Drug Therapies (593): Niaspan, Kos Pharmaceuticals
• Niaspan Prolonged Release Tablets , SPC from the eMC
• Niacor Online, Description, Chemistry, Ingredients - Niacin Tablets - RxList Monographs
• MedDet
• MDAdvice.com - Health Library - Prescription & Non-Prescription Drugs - NIACIN (Vitamin B-3, Nicotinic Acid)

Source: Diseases Database

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