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Descriptor English: Niacin
Descriptor Spanish: Niacina
Descriptor niacina
Entry term(s) ácido nicotínico
Scope note: Vitamina del complejo B, soluble en agua, que se encuentra en los tejidos de diversas plantas y animales. Los organismos la necesitan para producir las coenzimas NAD and NADP. Tiene propiedades curativas para la PELAGRA y como vasodilatador y antilipémico.
Descriptor Portuguese: Niacina
Descriptor French: Acide nicotinique
Entry term(s): 3 Pyridinecarboxylic Acid
3-Pyridinecarboxylic Acid
Aluminum Salt, Niacin
Enduracin
Hydrochloride, Niacin
Induracin
Lithium Nicotinate
Niacin Aluminum Salt
Niacin Ammonium Salt
Niacin Calcium Salt
Niacin Cobalt (2+) Salt
Niacin Copper (2+) Salt
Niacin Hydrochloride
Niacin Iron (2+) Salt
Niacin Lithium Salt
Niacin Lithium Salt, Hemihydrate
Niacin Magnesium Salt
Niacin Manganese (2+) Salt
Niacin Potassium Salt
Niacin Sodium Salt
Niacin Tartrate
Niacin Tosylate
Niacin Zinc Salt
Nicamin
Nico 400
Nico-400
Nico400
Nicobid
Nicocap
Nicolar
Nicotinate
Nicotinate, Lithium
Nicotinic Acid
Potassium Salt, Niacin
Sodium Salt, Niacin
Tartrate, Niacin
Tosylate, Niacin
Wampocap
Tree number(s): D03.066.515.475
D03.383.725.547.475
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009525
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: /defic: consider also PELLAGRA; /ther use: coordinate with disease term with either /drug ther or /diet ther depending on whether niacin is discussed as a drug or a dietary supplement
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
Pharm Action: Hypolipidemic Agents
Vasodilator Agents
Vitamin B Complex
Registry Number: 2679MF687A
CAS Type 1 Name: 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid
Previous Indexing: Nicotinic Acids (1966-1982)
Public MeSH Note: 83; was see NICOTINIC ACIDS 1975-82 & NICOTINIC ACID 1963-74
Online Note: search NICOTINIC ACIDS 1966-82
History Note: 83; was see NICOTINIC ACIDS 1975-82 & NICOTINIC ACID 1963-74
DeCS ID: 9710
Unique ID: D009525
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1983/01/01
Date of Entry: 1982/05/06
Revision Date: 2016/05/31
Niacin - Preferred
Concept UI M0014807
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Niacin
Entry term(s) 3 Pyridinecarboxylic Acid
3-Pyridinecarboxylic Acid
Nicotinic Acid
Niacin Lithium Salt, Hemihydrate - Narrower
Concept UI M0329942
Preferred term Niacin Lithium Salt, Hemihydrate
Niacin Potassium Salt - Narrower
Concept UI M0329943
Preferred term Niacin Potassium Salt
Entry term(s) Potassium Salt, Niacin
Niacin Sodium Salt - Narrower
Concept UI M0329952
Preferred term Niacin Sodium Salt
Entry term(s) Sodium Salt, Niacin
Niacin Tartrate - Narrower
Concept UI M0329949
Preferred term Niacin Tartrate
Entry term(s) Tartrate, Niacin
Niacin Copper (2+) Salt - Narrower
Concept UI M0329947
Preferred term Niacin Copper (2+) Salt
Niacin Hydrochloride - Narrower
Concept UI M0329953
Preferred term Niacin Hydrochloride
Entry term(s) Hydrochloride, Niacin
Niacin Iron (2+) Salt - Narrower
Concept UI M0329941
Preferred term Niacin Iron (2+) Salt
Niacin Tosylate - Narrower
Concept UI M0329956
Preferred term Niacin Tosylate
Entry term(s) Tosylate, Niacin
Niacin Zinc Salt - Narrower
Concept UI M0329950
Preferred term Niacin Zinc Salt
Nicamin - Narrower
Concept UI M0014812
Preferred term Nicamin
Nico-400 - Narrower
Concept UI M0014813
Preferred term Nico-400
Entry term(s) Nico 400
Nico400
Nicobid - Narrower
Concept UI M0014811
Preferred term Nicobid
Nicocap - Narrower
Concept UI M0014814
Preferred term Nicocap
Nicolar - Narrower
Concept UI M0014815
Preferred term Nicolar
Nicotinate - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0014808
Preferred term Nicotinate
Wampocap - Narrower
Concept UI M0014816
Preferred term Wampocap
Enduracin - Narrower
Concept UI M0014809
Preferred term Enduracin
Induracin - Narrower
Concept UI M0014810
Preferred term Induracin
Niacin Calcium Salt - Narrower
Concept UI M0329955
Preferred term Niacin Calcium Salt
Lithium Nicotinate - Narrower
Concept UI M0014806
Preferred term Lithium Nicotinate
Entry term(s) Nicotinate, Lithium
Niacin Aluminum Salt - Narrower
Concept UI M0329944
Preferred term Niacin Aluminum Salt
Entry term(s) Aluminum Salt, Niacin
Niacin Ammonium Salt - Narrower
Concept UI M0329948
Preferred term Niacin Ammonium Salt
Niacin Lithium Salt - Narrower
Concept UI M0329951
Preferred term Niacin Lithium Salt
Niacin Cobalt (2+) Salt - Narrower
Concept UI M0329945
Preferred term Niacin Cobalt (2+) Salt
Niacin Magnesium Salt - Narrower
Concept UI M0329954
Preferred term Niacin Magnesium Salt
Niacin Manganese (2+) Salt - Narrower
Concept UI M0329946
Preferred term Niacin Manganese (2+) Salt



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