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Nicotinic acid: a lipid-lowering agent with unrealized potential
The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2014 Nicotinic acid is a well-known treatment for dyslipidemia in adults. This review article explored not only the role of nicotinic acid in dyslipidemia but also its role in hypertension and as a cardioprotective agent.
Samar H. Aboulsoud
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مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2021 Background: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are of the most important detrimental factors on sperm quality during freezing process, which increases the lipid peroxidation (LPO) of cell membranes.
Zahra Sadeghi +2 more
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Solution thermodynamics of aqueous nicotinic acid solutions in presence of tetrabutylammonium hydrogen sulphate [PDF]
Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 2013 In this study we investigated the effects of tetrabutylammonium hydrogen sulphate (Bu4NHSO4) on the solute-solute and solute-solvent interactions in the aqueous solutions of nicotinic acid in terms of apparent molar volumes (φV), standard partial ...
Sarkar Abhijit, Sinha Biswajit
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Journal of Animal Science and Technology, 2019 Vitamin B3 (niacin) is essential for all living cells and plays a central role in energy metabolism and oxidative phosphorylation. Vitamin B3, a water-soluble vitamin, is present in the form of nicotinic
Jale Çatak
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Nrt1 and Tna1-independent export of NAD+ precursor vitamins promotes NAD+ homeostasis and allows engineering of vitamin production. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 NAD(+) is both a co-enzyme for hydride transfer enzymes and a substrate of sirtuins and other NAD(+) consuming enzymes. NAD(+) biosynthesis is required for two different regimens that extend lifespan in yeast.
Peter Belenky +4 more
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Biomolecules, 2015 Alcohol consumption causes nicotinic acid deficiency. The present study was undertaken to determine whether dietary nicotinic acid supplementation provides beneficial effects on alcohol-induced endotoxin signaling and the possible mechanisms at the gut ...
Wei Zhong +5 more
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Lack of nicotinic acid effect on cholesterol metabolism of the rat*
Journal of Lipid Research, 1960 The effect of the addition of 1 per cent nicotinic acid to the diet of the rat on serum, liver, and carcass cholesterol, and on the incorporation of acetate-1-C14 into cholesterol by the intact animal were studied.
Charles H. Duncan, Maurice M. Best
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Scientific Opinion on the safety and efficacy of niacin (nicotinic acid and nicotinamide) as a feed additive for all animal species based on a dossier submitted by Lonza Benelux BV [PDF]
EFSA Journal, 2012 <p>The term ‘niacin’ is used as a generic description of nicotinic acid and nicotinamide with pyridine as the basic structure. Nicotinic acid and nicotinamide function mainly as precursors of the co-enzymes NAD and NADP.
EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed
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Oxidation of cholesterol-26-C14 by rat liver mitochondria: effect of nicotinic acid*
Journal of Lipid Research, 1960 The effect of nicotinic acid upon the oxidation of the terminal carbon atoms of cholesterol-26-C14 by rat liver mitochondrial preparations has been studied.
David Kritchevsky +2 more
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Journal of Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology, 2015 The objective of this study was to investigate the efficiency of nicotinic acid on sperm cryosurvival and fertilization ability in frozen-thawed boar semen. Boar semen was collected by glove-hand method and was frozen using freezing solution treated to 0,
Yu-Jin Kim +7 more
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