vitamin B3

Vitamin B₃
The proper chemical name of vitamin B3 is Nicotinic acid OR Niacin.

Principle Sources

• Meat
• Wholemeal bread
• Yeast extract
• Liver
• Poultry
• Canned tuna and Salmon
• Whole grain and enriched cereals
• Dried beans and peas
• Nuts

Function

• Essential component of the coenzymes NAD, NADP which are hydrogen acceptors for a range of dehydrogenase enzymes.
• This vitamin is also a part of coenzyme A.

Deficiency diseases and Symptoms

• Pellagra-the first symptom of which is a sunburnlike eruption that breaks out where the skin is exposed to sunlight. Later symptoms are a red and swollen tongue
  diarrhea
  mental confusion
  irritability
  when the central nervous system is affected, depression and mental disturbances.