Niacin digestion

Nicotinate and nicotinamide, together referred to as niacin, are required for biosynthesis of the coenzymes nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD"") and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP" ). These both serve in energy and nutrient metabolism as carriers of hydride ions (see pp. 32, 104). The animal organism is able to convert tryptophan into nicotinate, but only with a poor yield. Vitamin deficiency therefore only occurs when nicotinate, nicotinamide, and tryptophan are all simultaneously are lacking in the diet. It manifests in the form of skin damage (pellagra), digestive disturbances, and depression. 

Either acid or alkaline hydrolysis can be applied, converting nicotinamide to nicotinic acid. Alkaline hydrolysis releases also the unavailable vitamers providing the estimation of the total niacin content. Acid hydrolysis, instead, is slower than alkaline hydrolysis therefore the former is usually coupled with enzymatic digestion by using takadiastase, papain, and clarase. Extraction with water and dilute sulfuric or hydrochloride acid has been applied to release the vitamers from the matrix without degrading nicotinamide [598]. 

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N.A. Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Hayek. Raphanolide, raphanol, diastase, ferment, gluconasturin, bitters, essential oils, phenyl ethyl, vitamins, niacin.303 A blood builder, antidyskratic diuretic activities, lymphatic and digestive cleansing, treat prostate irritation, vaginal pruritis, chronic skin irritations. 

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Yeast protein is easily digested (87%) and provides amino acids essential to human nutrition. Most commercial yeasts show the following pattern of amino acids, among others, as percent of protein 8.2% lysine 5.5% valine 7.9% leucine 2.5% methionine 4.5% phenylalanine 1.2% tryptophan 1.6% cystine 4% histidine 5% tyrosine and 5% arginine. The usual therapeutic dose of dried yeast is 40 grams/day, which supplies significant daily needs of thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pyridoxine, and general protein. 

Vitamin B3, also known as niacin, helps maintain the normal function of the skin, nerves, and digestive system. The disease pellagra results from a severe niacin deficiency. People with pellagra experience mouth sores, skin irritation, and mental deterioration. Niacin has the following formula C6H5N02. Often vitamin... 

Niacin or nicotinic acid (Vitamin B5) Meat, liver, cereals, legumes Pellagra. Dermatitis when exposed to sunlight, weakness, insomnia, impaired digestion, diarrhea, dementia, irritability, memory loss, headaches. 

Deficiency in niacin causes pellagra (rough skin). Pellagra involves the skin and digestive cmd nervous system. Symptoms are the 4 D s Dermatitis, Diarrhea, Dementia, Death. Niacin also has vasodilating activity. 

Elevated levels of the hormone homocysteine, a by-product of protein digestion and metabolism, have been linked to age-related diseases such as heart disease and Alzheimer s. Research shows that by reducing our consumption of acidic protein foods, such as meat, we may be able to reduce and control our homocysteine levels. Studies have also shown that the B vitamins B6, Bi2, niacin, and folate can help lower levels of homocysteine in the blood.2... 

The dried sludge residue contains proteins, fats, saccharides, vitamins (thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pyridoxine, nicotinamide, biotin, etc.) and mineral salts. It therefore represents a potentionally suitable feed additive. Particularly in the case of plant fodders, it can increase their biological value, digestibility and degree of utilization. 

Niacin plays a number of essential roles in the body. It is necessary for cell respiration metabolism of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates the release of energy from foods the secretion of digestive enzymes the synthesis of sex hormones and the proper functioning of the nervous system. It is also involved in the production of serotonin, an essential... 

For example, a number treat maize with an alkali solution which liberates niacin from an undigestible segment and improves the amino acid quality of the digestible fraction of the food. 

Vitamins are a well-known group of compounds that are essential for human health. Water-soluble vitamins include folate (vitamin B9) to create DNA. Folate also plays an important role in preventing birth defects during early pregnancy. Thiamine is the first vitamin of the B-complex (vitamin Bl) that researchers discovered. It allows the body to break down alcohol and metabolize carbohydrates and amino acids. Like many other B vitamins, riboflavin (vitamin B2) helps the body to metabolize carbohydrates, proteins, and fat. Niacin (vitamin B3) protects the health of skin cells and keeps the digestive system functioning properly. Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) and biotin allow the body to obtain energy from macronutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) acts as a coenzyme, which means it helps chemical reactions to take place. It also plays a vital role in the creation of nonessential amino acids. 

Niacin in mature cereal grains, particularly in com, is largely bound and is poorly available alkali treatment of the grain increases the percentage absorbed. Meat and fish have the scarce free form of niacin and niacinamide but contain high levels of NAD/ NADP, which are available as niacinamide after digestion (Prousky et al. 2011). Fortification of flour and cereal products adds up to 20 mg of the free form of niacin per serving to items such as breakfast cereals (Food and Nutrition Board 1998). 

The method described here makes use of stable isotope dilution mass spectrometry (IDMS) for quantitative analysis of niacin. Isotopically labelled versions of both nicotinic acid and niacinamide are commercially available at a reasonable cost. The use of an isotopically labelled internal standard has distinct advantages in quantitative analysis, as it can correct for analyte losses and makes possible high levels of accuracy and precision (Fassett and Paulson 1989). Sample digestion and clean-up is based on a previously published LC-UV method (LaCroix et al. 1999, 2002 LaCroix and Wolf 2001). This chapter expands on a previous report of LC-IDMS analysis of niacin (Goldschmidt and Wolf 2007), with material from that report used with permission of the publisher. 

In the method discussed here, nicotinic acid is the form of niacin monitored, as the specified acid digestion converts any niacinamide present to nicotinic acid. The method calls for a relatively harsh acid digestion which should give a complete measure of niacin for most food samples however, in some cases, such as grain sources, an alkaline digestion may be necessary for measurement of total niacin. 

The IDMS method using an acid digestion and reversed phase LC as described here should be applicable to niacin measurement in a wide variety of food matrices, but IDMS treatments should also be valid when using alkaline digestions, extractions and other chromatographic approaches. The key methodological requirement is that the labelled spike achieves equilibration with the analyte to be measured. 

In order to extract niacin and to release the chemically bound forms, a digestion step is necessary as part of the sample preparation. 

The added, isotopically labelled nicotinic acid and the nicotinic acid deriving from the endogenous niacin of the food sample have virtually identical physical and chemical properties and, by virtue of the digestion step, are assumed to be in a state of equivalence in regard to their chemical and physical environment thereafter in the analysis. 

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