NIACIN


Meaning of NIACIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈnī-ə-sən ]

noun

Etymology: ni cotinic ac id + -in (I)

Date: 1942

: an acid C 6 H 5 NO 2 of the vitamin B complex found widely in animals and plants and used especially against pellagra ; also : nicotinamide — called also nicotinic acid

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