Nicotinamide

Product Name : Nicotinamide

CAS : 98-92-0

Molecular formula : C₆H₆N₂O

Molecular  Weight : 122.12

Product Description :
Nicotinamide is one of the water-soluble B-complex vitamins. Niacin, or nicotinic acid, is also known as Vitamin B-3. When an amide molecule attaches itself to niacin, it becomes Nicotinamide. One major difference is that in doses exceeding 50 mg, niacin typically produces flushing of the skin. Niacin and Nicotinamide also have different applications. It its Nicotinamide form, it is useful in arthritis and early-onset type I diabetes; niacin is an effective reducer of high cholesterol levels.

Nicotinamide was first linked to preventing the development of diabetes in experimental animals in the 1950s, a finding confirmed in the 1980s which led to further clinical studies. Nicotinamide enhances insulin secretion and increases insulin sensitivity. Evidence points to Nicotinamide supplements being very effective in preventing type I diabetes from progressing in some patients if given soon enough at the onset of diabetes. It does so primarily by helping restore beta cells.