Vitamin B3 (Niacin)
Provides building blocks for NAD and NADP, which participate in cellular energy reactions.
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What’s searchable?Provides building blocks for NAD and NADP, which participate in cellular energy reactions.
Supports amino-acid metabolism, neurotransmitter production and hemoglobin synthesis.
Supports DNA synthesis and one-carbon metabolism, including the pathway that processes homocysteine.
Supports collagen formation, antioxidant activity and absorption of nonheme iron.
Helps calcium absorption and bone mineralization.
Supports proteins involved in blood clotting and bone metabolism.
A botanical used in traditional preparations; it is not a dietary nutrient.
A carotenoid found in foods and in the retina.
Supports enzymes, immune function, wound healing and taste.
ADIPOQ encodes adiponectin, a hormone released by fat tissue that participates in insulin sensitivity and fat metabolism. Its name often appears in discussions of triglycerides, body composition and metabolic health.
The genetic-architecture chapter explains that S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) donates methyl groups and becomes S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH).
Encodes diamine oxidase, an enzyme involved in breaking down histamine and other amines. DAO is used here as an enzyme nickname; it is also the official symbol of a different gene.
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