niacin
pronunciation
How to pronounce niacin in British English:
UK [ˈnaɪəsɪn]
How to pronounce niacin in American English:
US [ˈnaɪəsɪn]
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- Noun:
- a B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract
Word Origin
- niacin (n.)
- "pellagra-preventing vitamin in enriched bread," 1942, coined from ni(cotinic) ac(id) + -in (2), chemical suffix; suggested by the American Medical Association as a more commercially viable name than nicotinic acid.The new name was found to be necessary because some anti-tobacco groups warned against enriched bread because it would foster the cigarette habit. ["Cooperative Consumer," Feb. 28, 1942]
Example
- 1. Niacin is one of the most stable of the b-vitamins .
- 2. Niacinamide is the biologically active form of niacin .
- 3. Possible causes include hodgkin 's disease , hiv , supplemental niacin , or an antidepressant side effect .
- 4. The only appreciable loss of niacin occurs when it leaches into cooking water .
- 5. Diabetes : avoid vitamin b3 also known as niacin , vitamin b3 is involved with metabolism and is important in helping to produce energy from foods we eat .