nicotinamide

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Etymology

Blend of nicotine +‎ amide, equivalent to nicotine +‎ -amide.

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nicotinamide (countable and uncountable, plural nicotinamides)

  1. (biochemistry, biochemistry, organic chemistry) The amide of nicotinic acid (or niacin).
    • 2022 June 2, Sandee LaMotte, “The ‘Benjamin Button’ effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans”, in CNN[1]:
      Sinclair also takes 1 gram of NMN, or nicotinamide mononucleotide, which in the body turns into NAD+, or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide.

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