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Preferred Name

niacin

Synonyms

3-Pyridinecarboxylic Acid

Definitions

A water-soluble vitamin belonging to the vitamin B family, which occurs in many animal and plant tissues, with antihyperlipidemic activity. Niacin is converted to its active form niacinamide, which is a component of the coenzymes nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and its phosphate form, NADP. These coenzymes play an important role in tissue respiration and in glycogen, lipid, amino acid, protein, and purine metabolism. Although the exact mechanism of action by which niacin lowers cholesterol is not fully understood, it may act by inhibiting the synthesis of very low density lipoproteins (VLDL), inhibiting the release of free fatty acids from adipose tissue, increasing lipoprotein lipase activity, and reducing the hepatic synthesis of VLDL-C and LDL-C. Check for "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C689" active clinical trials using this agent. ("http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C689" NCI Thesaurus)

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/PDQ/CDR0000038351

altLabel

3-Pyridinecarboxylic Acid

Vitamin B3

nicotinic acid

CAS Registry

59-67-6

cui

C0027996

C0028027

Date last modified

2008-09-22

definition

A water-soluble vitamin belonging to the vitamin B family, which occurs in many animal and plant tissues, with antihyperlipidemic activity. Niacin is converted to its active form niacinamide, which is a component of the coenzymes nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and its phosphate form, NADP. These coenzymes play an important role in tissue respiration and in glycogen, lipid, amino acid, protein, and purine metabolism. Although the exact mechanism of action by which niacin lowers cholesterol is not fully understood, it may act by inhibiting the synthesis of very low density lipoproteins (VLDL), inhibiting the release of free fatty acids from adipose tissue, increasing lipoprotein lipase activity, and reducing the hepatic synthesis of VLDL-C and LDL-C. Check for "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C689" active clinical trials using this agent. ("http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C689" NCI Thesaurus)

Legacy PDQ ID

1097

NCI ID

C689

notation

CDR0000038351

NSC Code

169454

ORIG STY

Drug/agent

prefLabel

niacin

tui

T109

T127

T121

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