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niacin and Deficiency Diseases

niacin has been researched along with Deficiency Diseases in 46 studies

Niacin: 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.
vitamin B3 : Any member of a group of vitamers that belong to the chemical structural class called pyridines that exhibit biological activity against vitamin B3 deficiency. Vitamin B3 deficiency causes a condition known as pellagra whose symptoms include depression, dermatitis and diarrhea. The vitamers include nicotinic acid and nicotinamide (and their ionized and salt forms).
nicotinic acid : A pyridinemonocarboxylic acid that is pyridine in which the hydrogen at position 3 is replaced by a carboxy group.

Deficiency Diseases: A condition produced by dietary or metabolic deficiency. The term includes all diseases caused by an insufficient supply of essential nutrients, i.e., protein (or amino acids), vitamins, and minerals. It also includes an inadequacy of calories. (From Dorland, 27th ed; Stedman, 25th ed)

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"(2) Patients with schizophrenia have previously been reported to show a reduced flushing response."5.31A volumetric biochemical niacin flush-based index that noninvasively detects fatty acid deficiency in schizophrenia. ( Easton, T; Hirsch, SR; Puri, BK; Richardson, AJ, 2002)
" Furthermore these studies would have to be targeted to individuals with common genetic polymorphisms that alter the bioavailability of specific micronutrients and the affinity of specific key enzymes involved in DNA metabolism for their micronutrient co-factor."2.41Micronutrients and genomic stability: a new paradigm for recommended dietary allowances (RDAs). ( Fenech, M, 2002)
"(2) Patients with schizophrenia have previously been reported to show a reduced flushing response."1.31A volumetric biochemical niacin flush-based index that noninvasively detects fatty acid deficiency in schizophrenia. ( Easton, T; Hirsch, SR; Puri, BK; Richardson, AJ, 2002)
"It was concluded that the neurological manifestations often associated with the classical picture of Pellagra are not due to nicotinic acid deficiency, but to the deficiency of some component of the vitamin B complex which was neither vitamin B1, nor vitamin B2."1.26Vitamin deficiencies during the Spanish Civil War in Madrid: a reminiscence. ( Grande Covian, F, 1982)

Research

Studies (46)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-199039 (84.78)18.7374
1990's1 (2.17)18.2507
2000's3 (6.52)29.6817
2010's2 (4.35)24.3611
2020's1 (2.17)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Lopresti, AL1
Fahmida, U1
Kolopaking, R1
Santika, O1
Sriani, S1
Umar, J1
Htet, MK1
Ferguson, E1
Alrasadi, K1
Awan, Z1
Alwaili, K1
Ruel, I1
Hafiane, A1
Krimbou, L1
Genest, J1
Jukes, TH1
Stokstad, EL1
Belt, M1
Smith, B1
Curtis, A1
Parsons, A1
Yosipovitch, G1
Sangüeza, OP1
LEVENSON, SM1
GREEN, RW1
SPECTOR, H1
MITCHELL, HH1
SPATZ, M1
GSELL, D1
EBRAHIM, GJ1
HADDOCK, DR1
OHGURI, S1
Grande Covian, F1
Puri, BK1
Hirsch, SR1
Easton, T1
Richardson, AJ1
Fenech, M1
Weber, GA1
Sloan, P1
Davies, D1
Wixson, SK1
Griffith, JW1
Chávez, A1
Mata, A1
Sandoval, J1
HOWARD, FH1
MERIWETHER, WA1
RAMOS-GALVAN, R1
ALONSO, HG1
SATYANARAYANA, NS1
ROLE, MA1
ZAWAHRYMM, EL1
EL-ZAWAHRY, M1
SCRIMSHAW, NS1
BEHAR, M1
PETZETAKIS, M1
PRIETO, AM1
MUTSCHLER, D1
Belavady, B2
Madhavan, TV1
Gopalan, C5
Thomas, RG1
Wysor, WG1
Oomen, HA1
Bammer, HG1
Krishnamurthi, D1
Srikantia, SG1
Greengard, P1
Sigg, EB1
Fratta, I1
Zak, SB1
Jung, H1
Ferber, E1
Krishnaswamy, K1
Back, EH1
Franz, HC1
Dreizen, S1
Mainardi, L1
Bissanti, A1
Abe, T1
Nishida, K1

Clinical Trials (3)

Trial Overview

TrialPhaseEnrollmentStudy TypeStart DateStatus
A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial of Food Supplement Treatment for Wasting Children in Indonesia - Study Protocol[NCT03509155]720 participants (Actual)Interventional2017-10-01Active, not recruiting
Local Specific Food-based Recommendations Developed Using Linear Programming Approach for Combating Anemia Among Adolescent Schoolgirls in Rural Indonesia[NCT03946475]324 participants (Actual)Interventional2016-02-08Completed
Food-Based Intervention and Psychosocial Stimulation to Improve Growth & Development of < 24 Month Indonesian Children[NCT02078271]Phase 3480 participants (Actual)Interventional2011-01-31Active, not recruiting
[information is prepared from clinicaltrials.gov, extracted Sep-2024]

Reviews

9 reviews available for niacin and Deficiency Diseases

ArticleYear
The Effects of Psychological and Environmental Stress on Micronutrient Concentrations in the Body: A Review of the Evidence.
    Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.), 2020, 01-01, Volume: 11, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Deficiency Diseases; Environment; Female; Humans; Iron; Magnesium; Male; Micronutrients; Ni

2020
Micronutrients and genomic stability: a new paradigm for recommended dietary allowances (RDAs).
    Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association, 2002, Volume: 40, Issue:8

    Topics: Deficiency Diseases; Diet; DNA Damage; DNA, Mitochondrial; Folic Acid; Genome, Human; Humans; Micron

2002
Nutritionally induced peripheral neuropathies.
    Clinics in podiatric medicine and surgery, 1990, Volume: 7, Issue:1

    Topics: Alcoholism; Avitaminosis; Deficiency Diseases; Humans; Niacin; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases; P

1990
MALNUTRITION IN UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES.
    The New England journal of medicine, 1965, Jan-21, Volume: 272

    Topics: Avitaminosis; Beriberi; Child; Deficiency Diseases; Developing Countries; Humans; Infant; Kwashiorko

1965
[Neurological aspects of the vitamin B complex].
    Zeitschrift fur Neurologie, 1972, Volume: 202, Issue:3

    Topics: Alcoholism; Anticonvulsants; Cyanides; Deficiency Diseases; Electroencephalography; Erythrocytes; Fo

1972
Nutrition and disease.
    World review of nutrition and dietetics, 1973, Volume: 16

    Topics: Adult; Anemia, Hypochromic; Anemia, Macrocytic; Antibody Formation; Blood Bactericidal Activity; Chi

1973
Formation of connective tissue proteins.
    Nutrition reviews, 1973, Volume: 31, Issue:1

    Topics: Amino Acids; Animals; Child; Collagen; Connective Tissue; Copper; Deficiency Diseases; Elastin; Huma

1973
Human nutrition research in Yugoslavia.
    The American journal of clinical nutrition, 1969, Volume: 22, Issue:11

    Topics: Anemia; Cardiovascular Diseases; Deficiency Diseases; Diet; Dietary Fats; Female; Food Contamination

1969
A report on the first fifty years of the Nutrition Research Laboratories, Hyderabad.
    Nutrition reviews, 1970, Volume: 28, Issue:1

    Topics: Aflatoxins; Anemia, Hypochromic; Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury; Child Nutritional Physiolog

1970

Trials

1 trial available for niacin and Deficiency Diseases

ArticleYear
Effectiveness in improving knowledge, practices, and intakes of "key problem nutrients" of a complementary feeding intervention developed by using linear programming: experience in Lombok, Indonesia.
    The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2015, Volume: 101, Issue:3

    Topics: Calcium, Dietary; Child Nutrition Sciences; Community Health Workers; Cooking; Deficiency Diseases;

2015
Effectiveness in improving knowledge, practices, and intakes of "key problem nutrients" of a complementary feeding intervention developed by using linear programming: experience in Lombok, Indonesia.
    The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2015, Volume: 101, Issue:3

    Topics: Calcium, Dietary; Child Nutrition Sciences; Community Health Workers; Cooking; Deficiency Diseases;

2015
Effectiveness in improving knowledge, practices, and intakes of "key problem nutrients" of a complementary feeding intervention developed by using linear programming: experience in Lombok, Indonesia.
    The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2015, Volume: 101, Issue:3

    Topics: Calcium, Dietary; Child Nutrition Sciences; Community Health Workers; Cooking; Deficiency Diseases;

2015
Effectiveness in improving knowledge, practices, and intakes of "key problem nutrients" of a complementary feeding intervention developed by using linear programming: experience in Lombok, Indonesia.
    The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2015, Volume: 101, Issue:3

    Topics: Calcium, Dietary; Child Nutrition Sciences; Community Health Workers; Cooking; Deficiency Diseases;

2015
Effectiveness in improving knowledge, practices, and intakes of "key problem nutrients" of a complementary feeding intervention developed by using linear programming: experience in Lombok, Indonesia.
    The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2015, Volume: 101, Issue:3

    Topics: Calcium, Dietary; Child Nutrition Sciences; Community Health Workers; Cooking; Deficiency Diseases;

2015
Effectiveness in improving knowledge, practices, and intakes of "key problem nutrients" of a complementary feeding intervention developed by using linear programming: experience in Lombok, Indonesia.
    The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2015, Volume: 101, Issue:3

    Topics: Calcium, Dietary; Child Nutrition Sciences; Community Health Workers; Cooking; Deficiency Diseases;

2015
Effectiveness in improving knowledge, practices, and intakes of "key problem nutrients" of a complementary feeding intervention developed by using linear programming: experience in Lombok, Indonesia.
    The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2015, Volume: 101, Issue:3

    Topics: Calcium, Dietary; Child Nutrition Sciences; Community Health Workers; Cooking; Deficiency Diseases;

2015
Effectiveness in improving knowledge, practices, and intakes of "key problem nutrients" of a complementary feeding intervention developed by using linear programming: experience in Lombok, Indonesia.
    The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2015, Volume: 101, Issue:3

    Topics: Calcium, Dietary; Child Nutrition Sciences; Community Health Workers; Cooking; Deficiency Diseases;

2015
Effectiveness in improving knowledge, practices, and intakes of "key problem nutrients" of a complementary feeding intervention developed by using linear programming: experience in Lombok, Indonesia.
    The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2015, Volume: 101, Issue:3

    Topics: Calcium, Dietary; Child Nutrition Sciences; Community Health Workers; Cooking; Deficiency Diseases;

2015

Other Studies

36 other studies available for niacin and Deficiency Diseases

ArticleYear
Comparison of treatment of severe high-density lipoprotein cholesterol deficiency in men with daily atorvastatin (20 mg) versus fenofibrate (200 mg) versus extended-release niacin (2 g).
    The American journal of cardiology, 2008, Nov-15, Volume: 102, Issue:10

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Atorvastatin; Cholesterol, HDL; Deficiency Diseases; Fenofibrate; Heptanoic Acids; Huma

2008
Deficiencies of certain vitamins as studied with turkey poults on a purified diet; pteroylglutamic acid, riboflavin, niacin and inositol.
    The Journal of nutrition, 1947, Volume: 33, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Deficiency Diseases; Diet; Folic Acid; Humans; Inositol; Niacin; Riboflavin; Turkey; Turkey

1947
A 41-year-old woman with a scaly erythematous plaque admixed with erosions on the groin, back, and legs: challenge. Nutritional deficiency.
    The American Journal of dermatopathology, 2010, Volume: 32, Issue:8

    Topics: Adult; Back; Biopsy; Deficiency Diseases; Female; Groin; Humans; Leg; Niacin; Pellagra; Polycythemia

2010
Ascorbic acid, riboflavin, thiamin, and nicotinic acid in relation to severe injury, hemorrhage, and infection in the human.
    Annals of surgery, 1946, Volume: 124

    Topics: Ascorbic Acid; Deficiency Diseases; Hemorrhage; Humans; Infections; Metabolism; Niacin; Nicotinic Ac

1946
Paired feeding in the study of the counteraction by nicotinic acid and tryptophane of the growth-depressing effect of corn in rats.
    The Journal of biological chemistry, 1946, Volume: 165, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Deficiency Diseases; Niacin; Nicotinic Acids; Rats; Tryptophan; Zea mays

1946
PATHOGENETIC STUDIES OF EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED HEART LESIONS AND THEIR RELATION TO THE CARCINOID SYNDROME.
    Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology, 1964, Volume: 13

    Topics: Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury; Deficiency Diseases; Diet; Guinea Pigs; Heart Diseases; Hepa

1964
EVALUATION OF FOOD CONSUMPTION AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS. SURVEYS ON THE MOUNTAIN POPULATION OF SWITZERLAND.
    Voeding, 1964, Feb-15, Volume: 25

    Topics: Anemia; Anemia, Hypochromic; Ascorbic Acid Deficiency; Deficiency Diseases; Humans; Niacin; Nicotini

1964
POLYNEUROPATHY OF PROBABLE NUTRITIONAL ORIGIN IN DAR-ES-SALAAM, TANGANYIKA.
    Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1964, Volume: 58

    Topics: Ataxia; Deficiency Diseases; Humans; Muscular Diseases; Niacin; Nicotinic Acids; Nutrition Surveys;

1964
STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF TRYPTOPHAN DEFICIENCY ON THE METABOLIC PRODUCTS OF TRYPTOPHAN AND NIACIN.
    The Journal of vitaminology, 1965, Mar-10, Volume: 11

    Topics: Amino Acids; Blood; Creatine; Creatinine; Deficiency Diseases; Diet; Fluids and Secretions; Histidin

1965
Vitamin deficiencies during the Spanish Civil War in Madrid: a reminiscence.
    Acta vitaminologica et enzymologica, 1982, Volume: 4, Issue:1-2

    Topics: Avitaminosis; Deficiency Diseases; Food Supply; History, 20th Century; Humans; Neurologic Manifestat

1982
A volumetric biochemical niacin flush-based index that noninvasively detects fatty acid deficiency in schizophrenia.
    Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry, 2002, Volume: 26, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Deficiency Diseases; Fatty Acids; Female; Humans; Male; Niacin; Reference Values; Schizophren

2002
Nutritional deficiency anemias in nonhuman primates.
    Laboratory animal science, 1986, Volume: 36, Issue:3

    Topics: Anemia; Anemia, Hypochromic; Anemia, Macrocytic; Animals; Ascorbic Acid Deficiency; Deficiency Disea

1986
Possibilities of enriching sugar with micronutrients in Mexico.
    International journal for vitamin and nutrition research. Supplement = Internationale Zeitschrift fur Vitamin- und Ernahrungsforschung. Supplement, 1985, Volume: 27

    Topics: Ascorbic Acid; Carbohydrates; Deficiency Diseases; Dietary Carbohydrates; Food, Fortified; Humans; I

1985
Fat disease of the liver in infants on the Isthmus of Panama.
    Pediatrics, 1952, Volume: 10, Issue:2

    Topics: Child; Deficiency Diseases; Humans; Infant; Liver Diseases; Panama; Pellagra

1952
[The nutritional recovery syndrome in children with third degree malnutrition without clinically demonstrable edema or dermal lesions of a pellagra type].
    Boletin medico del Hospital Infantil de Mexico, 1958, Dec-01, Volume: 15, Issue:6

    Topics: Child; Deficiency Diseases; Edema; Humans; Infant; Pellagra; Physiological Phenomena; Skin Diseases;

1958
Plasma vitamin B12 levels in some nutritional deficiency states.
    The Indian journal of medical research, 1963, Volume: 51

    Topics: Blood Chemical Analysis; Deficiency Diseases; Humans; Infant; Infant Nutritional Physiological Pheno

1963
[CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF KWASHIORKOR AND CERTAIN PELLAGROID DEFICIENCIES, ON LA R'EUNION].
    Archives francaises de pediatrie, 1963, Volume: 20

    Topics: Child; Deficiency Diseases; Humans; Indian Ocean Islands; Kwashiorkor; Pellagra; Research

1963
[NOTES ON DERMATOSES IN EGYPT].
    Maroc medical, 1964, Volume: 43

    Topics: Abscess; Deficiency Diseases; Dermatitis; Dermatitis, Seborrheic; Dermatology; Dermatomycoses; Egypt

1964
NOTES CONCERNING DERMATOSES IN OUR COUNTRIES.
    The Journal of the Egyptian Medical Association, 1963, Volume: 46

    Topics: Deficiency Diseases; Dermatomycoses; Dracunculiasis; Egypt; Filariasis; Humans; Leishmaniasis; Lepro

1963
[Ocular disturbances during trophopenia (hunger edema) and the pellagra epidemic of 1941-4; superficial trophopenic keratitis (epithelial keratopathy)].
    La Presse medicale, 1950, Oct-04, Volume: 58, Issue:61

    Topics: Corneal Diseases; Deficiency Diseases; Edema; Eye; Humans; Hunger; Keratitis; Pellagra; Starvation

1950
[B complex and gastric mucosa extract in pellagra and other nutrition disorders in tropical countries].
    Revista cubana de pediatria, 1950, Volume: 22, Issue:11

    Topics: Deficiency Diseases; Gastric Mucosa; Humans; Pellagra; Stomach

1950
[On endemic pellagra].
    Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946), 1951, Jun-29, Volume: 76, Issue:26

    Topics: Deficiency Diseases; Humans; Pellagra; Vitamin B Complex; Vitamins

1951
Production of nicotinic acid deficiency (blacktongue) in pups fed diets supplemented with leucine.
    Gastroenterology, 1967, Volume: 53, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Deficiency Diseases; Diet; Dogs; Intestine, Large; Jejunum; Leucine; Mouth Mucosa; Nicotini

1967
Alteration of serotonin metabolism in rats deficient in niacin and tryptophan.
    Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (New York, N.Y.), 1967, Volume: 126, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Brain Chemistry; Colon; Deficiency Diseases; Diet; Intestine, Small; Male; Nicotinic Acids;

1967
[Malnutrition in Europeans in the war in the Pacific, 1942-1945].
    Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde, 1985, Aug-10, Volume: 129, Issue:32

    Topics: Adult; Asia, Eastern; Concentration Camps; Deficiency Diseases; Energy Intake; Europe; History, 20th

1985
The role of leucine in the pathogenesis of canine black-tongue and pellagra.
    Lancet (London, England), 1969, Nov-01, Volume: 2, Issue:7627

    Topics: Animals; Deficiency Diseases; Diet; Dog Diseases; Dogs; Food Analysis; Leucine; Lysine; Nicotinic Ac

1969
Prevention and remission by adrenocortical steroids of nicotinamide deficiency disorders and of 6-aminonicotinamide toxicity in rats and dogs.
    The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 1966, Volume: 154, Issue:3

    Topics: Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; Animals; Corticosterone; Deficiency Diseases; Desoxycorticosterone; Dex

1966
[Differential diagnosis of the "burning tongue"].
    Fortschritte der Medizin, 1972, Oct-19, Volume: 90, Issue:29

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Anemia, Pernicious; Burning Mouth Syndrome; Deficiency Diseases; Dental Materials; Diab

1972
Nutrition classics from Public Health Reports 31:3159-3173, 1916. The transmissibility of pellagra. Experimental attempts at transmission to the human subject.
    Nutrition reviews, 1973, Volume: 31, Issue:6

    Topics: Adult; Animals; Communicable Diseases; Deficiency Diseases; Female; History, 20th Century; Humans; M

1973
Some recent studies in the Nutrition Research Laboratories, Hyderabad.
    The American journal of clinical nutrition, 1970, Volume: 23, Issue:1

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aflatoxins; Animals; Avitaminosis; Calcium; Carotenoids; Child; Child, Preschool;

1970
Erythrocyte transaminase activity in human vitamin B 6 deficiency.
    International journal for vitamin and nutrition research. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Vitamin- und Ernahrungsforschung. Journal international de vitaminologie et de nutrition, 1971, Volume: 41, Issue:2

    Topics: Adult; Aspartate Aminotransferases; Colorimetry; Deficiency Diseases; Erythrocytes; Humans; Metaboli

1971
Minerals and vitamins.
    The West Indian medical journal, 1971, Volume: 20, Issue:3

    Topics: Avitaminosis; Beriberi; Deficiency Diseases; Folic Acid Deficiency; Iron; Minerals; Pellagra; Ribofl

1971
The traditional diet of the Bantu in the Pietersburg district.
    South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde, 1971, Nov-06, Volume: 45, Issue:43

    Topics: Animals; Beer; Black People; Cooking; Deficiency Diseases; Diet; Edible Grain; Ethnicity; Feeding Be

1971
Oral indications of the deficiency states.
    Postgraduate medicine, 1971, Volume: 49, Issue:1

    Topics: Anemia, Hypochromic; Cheilitis; Deficiency Diseases; Folic Acid Deficiency; Gingivitis; Glossitis; H

1971
[Various current findings in the problem of pellagra].
    Acta vitaminologica et enzymologica, 1968, Volume: 22, Issue:3

    Topics: Alcoholism; Deficiency Diseases; Diet; Feeding Behavior; Hartnup Disease; Humans; Isoniazid; Isonico

1968
[Pellagra].
    Naika. Internal medicine, 1966, Volume: 18, Issue:7

    Topics: Beriberi; Deficiency Diseases; Europe; Female; Humans; Japan; Middle Aged; Nicotinic Acids; Pellagra

1966