NIO

NICOTINIC ACID

Created:	1999-07-08
Last modified:	2024-10-02

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Chemical Details
Formal Charge	0
Atom Count	14
Chiral Atom Count	0
Bond Count	14
Aromatic Bond Count	6

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Chemical Component Summary
Name	NICOTINIC ACID
Systematic Name (OpenEye OEToolkits)	pyridine-3-carboxylic acid
Formula	C₆ H₅ N O₂
Molecular Weight	123.109
Type	NON-POLYMER

Chemical Descriptors
Type	Program	Version	Descriptor
SMILES	ACDLabs	10.04	O=C(O)c1cccnc1
SMILES	CACTVS	3.341	OC(=O)c1cccnc1
SMILES	OpenEye OEToolkits	1.5.0	c1cc(cnc1)C(=O)O
Canonical SMILES	CACTVS	3.341	OC(=O)c1cccnc1
Canonical SMILES	OpenEye OEToolkits	1.5.0	c1cc(cnc1)C(=O)O
InChI	InChI	1.03	InChI=1S/C6H5NO2/c8-6(9)5-2-1-3-7-4-5/h1-4H,(H,8,9)
InChIKey	InChI	1.03	PVNIIMVLHYAWGP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Drug Info: DrugBank

DrugBank data are sourced from datasets licensed under a Creative Common's Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

DrugBank ID	DB00627
Name	Niacin
Groups	approved nutraceutical investigational
Description	Niacin is a B vitamin used to treat vitamin deficiencies as well as hyperlipidemia, dyslipidemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and to reduce the risk of myocardial infarctions.[L7550,L7553,L7556,L7559,L7562,L7565]
Synonyms	Niacina 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid 3-carboxypyridine Acide nicotinique anti-pellagra vitamin m-pyridinecarboxylic acid Nikotinsäure 3-Pyridylcarboxylic acid pyridine-β-carboxylic acid Acidum Nicotinicum Vitamin B3 Vitamin B-3 β-pyridinecarboxylic acid Nicotinic acid ácido nicotínico Niacin
Brand Names	Poly-Vi-Flor Gummies Integra F Genicin Vita-S Niacin Src 400mg NexoChew PROTECT IRON Liquid Time Released Niacin 500 mg O-Cal Prenatal Vitamin Iron, Vit & Min Supp Vc II Multi Flow Tablets TL-Fluorivite Envirocomplex Folivane-F Protect Cardio AF Adeks Tablets Niacin Tab 475mg Multi-Vitamin Cc II Vita Balance 2000 Mega 13 Multivitamin Formula VITAFOL Gummies Niaspan Fct B6 Plus Tab Multi-Vitamin Fluoride Drops MVC-Fluoride Gtf Support Caplet Multitabs Niacin Tab 100mg Nicaprin Advicor Niacin Pwr 800mg/1.25ml Vita Vim With Beta Carotene-caplet Niacin Ctr Srt 500mg Niacin 100 Mg Tablets Protect Plus SO 60 Armax Extra Once A Day B 6 Plus Remedium - Liq Orl Phytovim Cap Se-Natal Niacor Tri B3 Src 300mg Hi Potency B Complex W Chelated Minerals Formula Lf Simcor Niodan 500 Mg Time Release Tablets WesCap-C-DHA ahoSAN Multi-Vitamin Fluoride and Iron Drops Hemocyte Plus Animal Shapes Fortistress Tab Prenatal Vitamins Plus Low Iron Prenatal Mega Antioxidant Multi-actin Formula F L W O-Cal FA multivitamin Daily-Vite Red Bull Mega Capsules Men's Spectrum 2 Cap Card-floe II Tab Harvest Of Values All B Complex Tab Mega Vitaminerals Cavan Heme OB Niacin 500 Mg and Inositol Vasodyn Tab Prenatal Nutra Boost Reaphirm Plant Source DHA FolaChew Body Rox Multi Vitamines - Liq Lipall Plus Tab Multi-force for Women Tab B3 Stress Formula Multi-B Comp + 500mg Vit C Cap Vp-pnv-dha Ifb Formula Cp Cap Vyo Cylate - Pwr Select OB Folivane-OB Multivitamin with Fluoride Niacin 500mg Lustime Unicorn Lip - Fac Formula Kindervites Folika-T Multivitamin with fluoride Niachrom Capsule Escavite D Nephrocaps Only One - Tablet Antivert Tab Complex 5 - Pwr Niacin Cap 250mg Formula Cw Vita B Complex Tab Davimet Nitro Vites - Tab Vitamin B Complex Tab Niacin-niacinamide Tab Provida OB Escavite Lq Vita-vim With Beta-carotene - Tab Prenatal, DHA Ultimate Tab Doctor's Choice Brand for Men Multivit with Fluoride Sveets Vitalife - Capsule Multi-phyto Capsules Multivitamins and Minerals for Young Women Multivitamin Chewable with Methylfolate Vita-vim - Tab Red American Eagle Vitamin Supplement Drink DermaNIC Lipo-B-C Tab Vita Vim Multivitamins and Minerals Tab Men's 50+ Vp-heme Ob DHA bioJET Niacin Tab 250mg Iron Folate Plus OB Complete 400 Niacin Tab 100mg Yeast Free Lutime My Favorite Niacin and Inositol Tab Novel Vita WestGel DHA American Eagle Energizer Plus Vitamin Supplement Drink Shen Min Vitamin Supplement Swiss One Timed Release Tab Gtf-vitamin-minerals & Pancreatin Tab Virt-C DHA Natural Source Spectrum With Beta Carotene Phytopure JEUNCELL Hair restorer and Hair Growth Solution Niacin Inj 100mg/ml Maximum Once A Day Innersource Tab Vitamin & Mineral Formula 1 Dietary Supplement Hsn Formula Multivitamins and Minerals for Young Men Iron Folate-F Davimet with Fluoride C-B Complex Hyporyl - Tab Niacin Cal M Tab Nephrocaps-QT Provida DHA Super Stress Mega B Plus 1000mg Vit C Tab 24 Multivitamins + Minerals Vitafol Caplet Formula Hh Vitamin B3 Tab 10mg USP Chewable Davimet-M Integra Vitamin B Complex Suppl Dr. AVi MULTIVITAMIN with Zinc, Real Ginger, Lemon and Lemongrass One A Day Advance Adults One-A-day Advance Men's One A Day Advance Adults 50+ Vitafol-OB Plus DHA Prenatal Supplement Plus DHA Folivane-Plus with Ascorbic Acid Precursors Cavan Prenatal Taron-C DHA Irospan 24/6 Lipotropic Ctr Vitamin B + C Cap Fusion Plus Abavite healthy mamaBE WELL ROUNDED BE WELL ROUNDED PreNatal Vitamins Plus Sustained Release Niacin 500mg Master Key Multi Vitamin Multi Mineral Formula 2 Flush Free Niacin With Inositol American Plus Energy & Vitamin Drink Vita-Rx Diabetic Vitamin 50 Plus Niaspan Niaspan ER Vita Day Tab Formula # 7 Tab 50mg TriStart ONE Formula O.C. Multicaps Orange Flavored Crystal Chews Tab Wellness Formula Vtb Vitamin and Mineral Supplement Niacin-100 Tab 100mg Myhephron Dialysis and Stress Supplement Tendera-OB Vitamin B Compound Tab Chromemate M-Natal Plus Formula Cw-caplet Fusion Activator Formula Tab TriStart DHA Nata Komplete NovaMV Multivitamin Reno Caps Acti-niacin Caplet 500mg Niacin 250mg Multi #2 Ni-C-E-LE Plus Puralor NovaFerrum Multivitamin with Iron Pediatric Drops Maxum Multi-vite Usana Megavitamin Tablets - Tab Cool B Niacin Tab 100mg USP Complete One A Day Tab Poly-Vi-Sol Pro Hers Vanilla NESTABS ABC Prenatal Multi-vitamin/Mineral Supplement with DHA/EPA Gesticare DHA Niacin Tablets 500mg USP B-complex Tab Super Daily No 2 Multi-Vitamin With Fluoride Strovite Forte Caplet Grand Master Formula Tab Multi Vitamin-mineral Formula Pro Enz Tab Concept DHA Niacin 100mg Tab Niacin 100mg Tablets USP Vitafol One Lipovitan Revitalize Multi-vitamin and Mineral Complex Iron 25mg With Vit B-cmplx, Vit C, Cu & Mo Cda-21 Vitamins With Non-medicinal Probiotic Complex Children's Chewable Tab Mhb Vitafol Fe Plus Mycelized Childrens Multi-vitamin Liq Rogenic Dothelle DHA Metacinamide Tab B-3 500mg Continuous Released Bev 29 Tab Master Key Formula 3 Tab Niacin 100 mg TriStart FREE Nicazyme Niacin 50mg Niacin Caps 100mg Vitafol Plus Niacin 100mg Multi Tabs Timed Release Vita-vim Srt One Daily VITES Prenatal Formula Tab Niacin Tab 500mg Integra Plus Multivitamin Vitafol OB Caplet Vege Swiss One Multivitamin W Chel Mins Tab Revit Multi-vitamins and Minerals Multivitamins and Minerals With Betacarotene Tablets Concept OB Lustime Angel Niacin Tab 50mg Luna Vitamin and Mineral Bar for Women
Indication	Niacin is indicated to prevent vitamin deficiencies in pediatric and adult patients receiving parenteral nutrition as part of multivitamin intravenous injections.[L7550,L7553,L7556,L7559] Niacin oral tablets are indicated as a monotherapy or in combination with simvastatin or lovastatin to treat primary hyperlipidemia and mixed dyslipidemia.[L7562,L7565] It can also be used to reduce the risk of nonfatal myocardial infarctions in patients with a history of myocardial infarction and hyperlipidemia.[L7562,L7565] Niacin is also indicated with bile acid binding resins to treat atherosclerosis in patients with coronary artery disease and hyperlipidemia or to treat primary hyperlipidemia.[L7562,L7565] Finally niacin is indicated to treat severe hypertriglyceridemia.[L7562,L7565]
Categories	Agents Causing Muscle Toxicity Cardiovascular Agents Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6 Inhibitors Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6 Inhibitors (strength unknown) Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1 Inhibitors Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1 Inhibitors (strength unknown) Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A4 Inhibitors Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A4 Inhibitors (strength unknown) Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors Diet, Food, and Nutrition Food Growth Substances Hyperglycemia-Associated Agents Hypolipidemic Agents Hypolipidemic Agents Indicated for Hyperlipidemia Lipid Modifying Agents Lipid Modifying Agents, Plain Lipid Regulating Agents Micronutrients Miscellaneous Antilipemic Agents Nicotinic Acid and Derivatives Nicotinic Acids Non-statin Hypolipidemic Agents Indicated for Hyperlipidemia Noxae Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptide 2B1 Inhibitors Peripheral Vasodilators Physiological Phenomena Pyridines Thyroxine-binding globulin inhibitors Toxic Actions Vasodilating Agents Vitamin B Complex Vitamins
ATC-Code	C10AD02 C10AD52 C10BA01 C04AC01
CAS number	59-67-6

Drug Targets

DrugBank data are sourced from datasets licensed under a Creative Common's Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Name	Target Sequence	Pharmacological Action	Actions
Hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 3	MNRHHLQDHFLEIDKKNCCVFRDDFIAKVLPPVLGLEFIFGLLGNGLALW...	unknown	agonist
Hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 2	MNRHHLQDHFLEIDKKNCCVFRDDFIVKVLPPVLGLEFIFGLLGNGLALW...	unknown	agonist
Nicotinate-nucleotide pyrophosphorylase [carboxylating]	MDAEGLALLLPPVTLAALVDSWLREDCPGLNYAALVSGAGPSQAALWAKS...	unknown	binder
Nicotinamide N-methyltransferase	MESGFTSKDTYLSHFNPRDYLEKYYKFGSRHSAESQILKHLLKNLFKIFC...	unknown	binder
Diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2	MKTLIAAYSGVLRGERQAEADRSQRSHGGPALSREGSGRWGTGSSILSAL...	unknown	inhibitor
Cytochrome P450 2D6	MGLEALVPLAVIVAIFLLLVDLMHRRQRWAARYPPGPLPLPGLGNLLHVD...	unknown	inhibitor
Cytochrome P450 3A4	MALIPDLAMETWLLLAVSLVLLYLYGTHSHGLFKKLGIPGPTPLPFLGNI...	unknown	inhibitor
Cytochrome P450 2E1	MSALGVTVALLVWAAFLLLVSMWRQVHSSWNLPPGPFPLPIIGNLFQLEL...	unknown	inhibitor
Thyroxine-binding globulin	MSPFLYLVLLVLGLHATIHCASPEGKVTACHSSQPNATLYKMSSINADFA...	unknown	inhibitor
Organic cation/carnitine transporter 2	MRDYDEVTAFLGEWGPFQRLIFFLLSASIIPNGFTGLSSVFLIATPEHRC...	unknown	inhibitor
Solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 2B1	MGPRIGPAGEVPQVPDKETKATMGTENTPGGKASPDPQDVRPSVFHNIKL...	unknown	inhibitor
Monocarboxylate transporter 1	MPPAVGGPVGYTPPDGGWGWAVVIGAFISIGFSYAFPKSITVFFKEIEGI...	unknown	substrate
Sodium-coupled monocarboxylate transporter 1	MDTPRGIGTFVVWDYVVFAGMLVISAAIGIYYAFAGGGQQTSKDFLMGGR...	unknown
Monocarboxylate transporter 4	MGGAVVDEGPTGVKAPDGGWGWAVLFGCFVITGFSYAFPKAVSVFFKELI...	unknown
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Drug Info/Drug Targets: DrugBank 3.0: a comprehensive resource for 'omics' research on drugs. Knox C, Law V, Jewison T, Liu P, Ly S, Frolkis A, Pon A, Banco K, Mak C, Neveu V, Djoumbou Y, Eisner R, Guo AC, Wishart DS. Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Jan; 39 (Database issue):D1035-41. | PMID:21059682