Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Nicotinamide also known as niacinamide and nicotinic amide is the amide of nicotinic acid (vitamin B3 / niacin). Nicotinamide is a water-soluble vitamin and is part of the vitamin B group. Nicotinic acid also known as niacin is converted to nicotinamide in vivo and though the two are identical in their vitamin functions nicotinamide does not have the same pharmacological and toxic effects of niacin which occur incidental to niacin’s conversion.
