Definition: A water-soluble vitamin of the B complex occurring in various animal and plant tissues. It is required by the body for the formation of coenzymes NAD and NADP. It has PELLAGRA-curative, vasodilating, and antilipemic properties.
/defic: consider also PELLAGRA; /ther use: coordinate disease with /drug ther, not /diet ther
nicofuranose [ 1,3,4,6-tetranicotinoyl fructofuranose,1,3,4,6-tetranicotinoyl fructose,Bradilan,Cardilan,Vasperdil,nicofurazone ] derivative of nicotinic acid that produces fewer side effects than pure nicotinic acid; used in peripheral vascular disease; also proposed as anticholesteremic; minor descriptor (75-84); on-line searc