niacin

in 1942 derived from nicotinic +‎ acid +‎ vitamin, chosen to dissociate it from nicotine, to avoid the perception that vitamins or niacin-rich food contains nicotine, or that cigarettes contain vitamins.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪəsɪn/

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• Rhymes: -aɪəsɪn

niacin (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry, biochemistry) A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.
   • 2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 7, in The Secret of Our Success […] , Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN:

     Mixing the alkali into the recipe in the right way chemically releases the otherwise unavailable niacin in the corn, which stops pellagra in its tracks, and allowed corn-based agricultural populations to grow and spread.

• E375 when used as a colour retention agent
• nicotinic acid
• vitamin B₃
• (historic names) vitamin PP, vitamin P-P, PP-factor, pellagra-preventive factor

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