noun. A white crystalline acid, C₆H₅NO₂, of the vitamin B complex that is found in meat, wheat germ, dairy products, and yeast and is used to treat and prevent pellagra.

noun. A B vitamin (vitamin B5) essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract. Called also nicotinic acid and antipellagra vitamin. Chemical formula C6H5NO2, chemically it is 3-pyridinecarboxylic acid.

noun. A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.

noun. a B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract

"However, by some sort of luck, this process also makes the vitamin niacin available from the grain, thus preventing pellagra (niacin deficency), a rather debilitating disease."

B complex  B vitamin  b  b-complex vitamin  vitamin b  

liason  myosin  

Zyban  albuterol  betasitosterol  biotin  campesterol  

E375  adermin  aneurin  antiberi-beri factor  ascorbic acid  

antipellagra vitamin  nicotinic acid