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nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) An organic coenzyme involved in biological oxidation and reduction reactions.
   • The treatment in mice involved boosting their levels of Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) – a natural protein that already controls DNA repair in our body. 2017 March 24, Tom Bawden, Not getting any older may be possibility after key discovery, in the i, № 1,975, page 15/5:
   • Sinclair also takes 1 gram of NMN, or nicotinamide mononucleotide, which in the body turns into NAD+, or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide. 2022 June 2, Sandee LaMotte, “The ‘Benjamin Button’ effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans”, in CNN:

Forms

Relateds

nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate · nicotinamide adenine trinucleotide

Synonyms

codehydrogenase I (organic coenzyme) · coenzyme I (organic coenzyme) · diphosphopyridine nucleotide (organic coenzyme) · nadide (organic coenzyme)

Translations (5)

is nikótínamíðadeníndínúkleótíð (organic coenzyme) · ko 니코틴아마이드 아데닌 다이뉴클레오타이드 (organic coenzyme) · ru никотинамидадениндинуклеотид (organic coenzyme) · hy նիկոտինամիդադենիներկնուկլեոտիդ (organic coenzyme) · uk нікотинамідаденіндинуклеотид (organic coenzyme)