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In the body, these forms are converted to nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP), two active forms of niacin.4
NAD and NADP are involved in hundreds of important chemical reactions throughout your body.
—Brittany Lubeck, Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 1 Aug. 2024
The researchers show in the paper that the device can resolve the distinct fluorescent UV signatures of the cancer-indicating proteins and amino acids tyrosine, elastin, tryptophan, and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH).
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Nov. 2023
Like other molecules of interest, including metformin, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and rapamycin, large-scale studies are lacking to support taurine supplementation.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 8 June 2023
In 2018, Jenner was famously hospitalized in 2018 after a bad reaction to an IV drip that included NAD, or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, a coenzyme that helps boost energy.
—L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune Well, 6 May 2023
Sinclair also takes 1 gram of NMN, or nicotinamide mononucleotide, which in the body turns into NAD+, or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 2 June 2022
Breaking Defense says the molecule in question is something called nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+).
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2021
Somewhere between early adulthood and middle age, a compound in your cells called nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) begins a gradual decline.
—Nicole Saporita, Good Housekeeping, 29 May 2019
That’s where a key compound called nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) comes in.
—Nicole Saporita, Good Housekeeping, 26 Dec. 2018
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First Known Use
1960, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide was
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“Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nicotinamide%20adenine%20dinucleotide. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
Medical Definition
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
noun
: nad
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