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Descriptor in English: Niacinamide
Descriptor in Spanish: Niacinamida
Descriptor in Portuguese: Niacinamida
Descriptor in French: Nicotinamide
Entry term(s): 3 Pyridinecarboxamide
3-Pyridinecarboxamide
B 3, Vitamin
B3, Vitamin
Enduramide
Jenapharm, Nicotinsäureamid
Nicobion
Nicotinamide
Nicotinsäureamid Jenapharm
Papulex
Vitamin B 3
Vitamin B3
Vitamin PP
Tree number(s): D03.066.515.530
D03.383.725.547.530
Scope note: An important compound functioning as a component of the coenzyme NAD. Its primary significance is in the prevention and/or cure of blacktongue and PELLAGRA. Most animals cannot manufacture this compound in amounts sufficient to prevent nutritional deficiency and it therefore must be supplemented through dietary intake.
Annotation: /defic: consider also PELLAGRA; /ther use: coordinate disease with /drug ther, not /diet ther
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
DF deficiency
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PH physiology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Online Note: use NIACINAMIDE to search NICOTINAMIDE 1966-92
History Note: 93; was NICOTINAMIDE 1963-92; NIACINAMIDE was see NICOTINAMIDE 1963-92
DeCS UI: 30901
Descriptor UI: D009536
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/05/24
Niacinamide - Preferred
Concept UI M0014833
Scope note An important compound functioning as a component of the coenzyme NAD. Its primary significance is in the prevention and/or cure of blacktongue and PELLAGRA. Most animals cannot manufacture this compound in amounts sufficient to prevent nutritional deficiency and it therefore must be supplemented through dietary intake.
Preferred term Niacinamide
Entry term(s) 3 Pyridinecarboxamide
3-Pyridinecarboxamide
B 3, Vitamin
B3, Vitamin
Nicotinamide
Vitamin B 3
Vitamin B3
Vitamin PP
Papulex - Narrower
Concept UI M0463403
Preferred term Papulex
Nicotinsäureamid Jenapharm - Narrower
Concept UI M0463087
Preferred term Nicotinsäureamid Jenapharm
Entry term(s) Jenapharm, Nicotinsäureamid
Enduramide - Narrower
Concept UI M0014834
Preferred term Enduramide
Nicobion - Narrower
Concept UI M0463086
Preferred term Nicobion



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