Nicotinamide

Nicotinamide
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Pronunciation/ˌnaɪəˈsɪnəmaɪd/, /ˌnɪkəˈtɪnəmaɪd/
Other namesNAM, 3-pyridinecarboxamide
niacinamide (USAN US)
nicotinic acid amide
vitamin PP
nicotinic amide
vitamin B3
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administration		oral, topical
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  • pyridine-3-carboxamide
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FormulaC6H6N2O
Molar mass122.127 g·mol−1
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Density1.40 g/cm3 g/cm3 [1]
Melting point129.5 °C (265.1 °F)
Boiling point334 °C (633 °F)
  • c1cc(cnc1)C(=O)N
  • InChI=1S/C6H6N2O/c7-6(9)5-2-1-3-8-4-5/h1-4H,(H2,7,9)
  • Key:DFPAKSUCGFBDDF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Nicotinamide (INN, BAN UK[2]) or niacinamide (USAN US) is a form of vitamin B3 found in food and used as a dietary supplement and medication.[3][4][5] As a supplement, it is used orally (swallowed by mouth) to prevent and treat pellagra (niacin deficiency).[4] While nicotinic acid (niacin) may be used for this purpose, nicotinamide has the benefit of not causing skin flushing.[4] As a cream, it is used to treat acne, and has been observed in clinical studies to improve the appearance of aging skin by reducing hyperpigmentation and redness.[5][6] It is a water-soluble vitamin.

Side effects are minimal.[7][8] At high doses, liver problems may occur.[7] Normal amounts are safe for use during pregnancy.[9] Nicotinamide is in the vitamin B family of medications, specifically the vitamin B3 complex.[10][11] It is an amide of nicotinic acid.[7] Foods that contain nicotinamide include yeast, meat, milk, and green vegetables.[12]

Nicotinamide was discovered between 1935 and 1937.[13][14] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.[15][16] Nicotinamide is available as a generic medication and over the counter.[10] Commercially, nicotinamide is made from either nicotinic acid (niacin) or nicotinonitrile.[14][17] In some countries, grains have nicotinamide added to them.[14]

Medical uses

Niacin deficiency

Nicotinamide is the preferred treatment for pellagra, caused by niacin deficiency.[4]

Acne

Nicotinamide cream is used as a treatment for acne.[5] It has anti-inflammatory actions, which may benefit people with inflammatory skin conditions.[18]

Nicotinamide increases the biosynthesis of ceramides in human keratinocytes in vitro and improves the epidermal permeability barrier in vivo.[19] The application of 2% topical nicotinamide for 2 and 4 weeks has been found to be effective in lowering the sebum excretion rate.[20] Nicotinamide has been shown to prevent Cutibacterium acnes-induced activation of toll-like receptor 2, which ultimately results in the down-regulation of pro-inflammatory interleukin-8 production.[21]

Skin cancer

Nicotinamide at doses of 500 to 1000 mg a day decreases the risk of skin cancers, other than melanoma, in those at high risk.[22]

Side effects

Nicotinamide has minimal side effects.[7][8] At very high doses above 3g/ day acute liver toxicity has been documented in at least one case.[7] Normal doses are safe during pregnancy.[9]

Chemistry

The structure of nicotinamide consists of a pyridine ring to which a primary amide group is attached in the meta position. It is an amide of nicotinic acid.[7] As an aromatic compound, it undergoes electrophilic substitution reactions and transformations of its two functional groups. Examples of these reactions reported in Organic Syntheses include the preparation of 2-chloronicotinonitrile by a two-step process via the N-oxide,[23][24]

from nicotinonitrile by reaction with phosphorus pentoxide,[25] and from 3-aminopyridine by reaction with a solution of sodium hypobromite, prepared in situ from bromine and sodium hydroxide.[26]

NAD+, the oxidized form of NADH, contains the nicotinamide moiety (highlighted in red)

Industrial production

The hydrolysis of nicotinonitrile is catalysed by the enzyme nitrile hydratase from Rhodococcus rhodochrous J1,[27][28][17] producing 3500 tons per annum of nicotinamide for use in animal feed.[29] The enzyme allows for a more selective synthesis as further hydrolysis of the amide to nicotinic acid is avoided.[30][31] Nicotinamide can also be made from nicotinic acid. According to Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, worldwide 31,000 tons of nicotinamide were sold in 2014.[14]

Biochemistry

The active Nicotinamide group on the molecule NAD+ undergoes oxidation in many metabolic pathways.

Nicotinamide, as a part of the cofactor nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH / NAD+) is crucial to life. In cells, nicotinamide is incorporated into NAD+ and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP+). NAD+ and NADP+ are cofactors in a wide variety of enzymatic oxidation-reduction reactions, most notably glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and the electron transport chain.[32] If humans ingest nicotinamide, it will likely undergo a series of reactions that transform it into NAD, which can then undergo a transformation to form NADP+. This method of creation of NAD+ is called a salvage pathway. However, the human body can produce NAD+ from the amino acid tryptophan and niacin without our ingestion of nicotinamide.[33]

NAD+ acts as an electron carrier that mediates the interconversion of energy between nutrients and the cell's energy currency, adenosine triphosphate (ATP). In oxidation-reduction reactions, the active part of the cofactor is the nicotinamide. In NAD+, the nitrogen in the aromatic nicotinamide ring is covalently bonded to adenine dinucleotide. The formal charge on the nitrogen is stabilized by the shared electrons of the other carbon atoms in the aromatic ring. When a hydride atom is added onto NAD+ to form NADH, the molecule loses its aromaticity, and therefore a good amount of stability. This higher energy product later releases its energy with the release of a hydride, and in the case of the electron transport chain, it assists in forming adenosine triphosphate.[34]

When one mole of NADH is oxidized, 158.2 kJ of energy will be released.[34]

Biological role

Nicotinamide occurs as a component of a variety of biological systems, including within the vitamin B family and specifically the vitamin B3 complex.[10][11] It is also a critically important part of the structures of NADH and NAD+, where the N-substituted aromatic ring in the oxidised NAD+ form undergoes reduction with hydride attack to form NADH.[32] The NADPH/NADP+ structures have the same ring, and are involved in similar biochemical reactions.

Nicotinamide can be methylated in the liver to biologically active 1-Methylnicotinamide when there are sufficient methyl donors.

Food sources

Nicotinamide occurs in trace amounts mainly in meat, fish, nuts, and mushrooms, as well as to a lesser extent in some vegetables.[35] It is commonly added to cereals and other foods. Many multivitamins contain 20–30 mg of vitamin B3 and it is also available in higher doses.[36]

Compendial status

Research

A 2015 trial found nicotinamide to reduce the rate of new nonmelanoma skin cancers and actinic keratoses in a group of people at high risk for the conditions.[39]

Nicotinamide has been investigated for many additional disorders, including treatment of bullous pemphigoid nonmelanoma skin cancers.[40]

Nicotinamide may be beneficial in treating psoriasis.[41]

There is tentative evidence for a potential role of nicotinamide in treating acne, rosacea, autoimmune blistering disorders, ageing skin, and atopic dermatitis.[40] Nicotinamide also inhibits poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases (PARP-1), enzymes involved in the rejoining of DNA strand breaks induced by radiation or chemotherapy.[42] ARCON (accelerated radiotherapy plus carbogen inhalation and nicotinamide) has been studied in cancer.[43]

Research has suggested nicotinamide may play a role in the treatment of HIV.[44]

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