{"id":90037,"date":"2026-02-26T13:28:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=90037"},"modified":"2026-02-27T13:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T08:29:07","slug":"vitamin-b3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/vitamin-b3\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin B3"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Vitamin B3 Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists recently discovered that vitamin B3 supplementation, when tested in mice, can successfully treat a devastating genetic disease known as NAXD deficiency.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Vitamin B3<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vitamin B3, or <\/span><b>Niacin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is a <\/span><b>water-soluble<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> vitamin.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Niacin is <\/span><b>naturally present in many foods,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> added to some food products, and available as a dietary supplement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are <\/span><b>two main chemical forms<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of niacin:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nicotinic acid<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">niacinamide (sometimes called nicotinamide)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your <\/span><b>body gets niacin through food,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but it also <\/span><b>makes small amounts from the amino acid tryptophan,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which can be found in protein sources like turkey and other animal foods.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Function<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Niacin <\/span><b>works <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the body <\/span><b>as a coenzyme, with more than 400 enzymes dependent on it <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for various reactions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Niacin<\/span><b> helps <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to<\/span><b> convert nutrients into energy, create cholesterol and fats, create and repair DNA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and exert <\/span><b>antioxidant effects.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Food Sources: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A niacin deficiency is rare because it is found in <\/span><b>many foods, both from animals and plants.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Red meat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: beef, beef liver, pork<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Poultry<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fish<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Brown rice<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Fortified cereals <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and breads<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Nuts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, seeds<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Legumes<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bananas\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Deficiency<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A severe niacin deficiency leads to <\/span><b>pellagra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a condition that causes a <\/span><b>dark, sometimes scaly rash <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to develop <\/span><b>on skin areas exposed to sunligh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t; bright <\/span><b>redness of the tongue; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>constipation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\/diarrhea.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Other signs of severe niacin deficiency<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> include:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Depression<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headache<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fatigue<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Memory loss<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hallucinations<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>What is NAD(P)HX dehydratase (NAXD)?<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>essential cellular enzyme<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that <\/span><b>helps repair <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">damaged forms of key <\/span><b>metabolic molecules<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>ensuring normal energy production and cell survival.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>NAXD deficiency<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a <\/span><b>rare neurometabolic disease<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with infantile onset marked by repeated episodes of developmental <\/span><b>regression and progressive neurodegeneration,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> often<\/span><b> triggered by febrile illnesses.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clinical features include <\/span><b>lethargy, hypotonia, irritability, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gait ataxia, loss of speech, movement disorders, <\/span><b>seizures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ophthalmoplegia, and <\/span><b>hearing loss.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news-medical.net\/news\/20260225\/Vitamin-B3-shows-promise-for-treating-rare-genetic-disorder.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>NM<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vitamin B3, or Niacin, is a water-soluble vitamin. 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