nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
English
Alternative forms
- NAD (initialism)
Noun
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (uncountable)
- (biochemistry) An organic coenzyme involved in biological oxidation and reduction reactions.
- 2017 March 24th, Tom Bawden, “Not getting any older may be possibility after key discovery” in the i, № 1,975, page 15/5:
- The treatment in mice involved boosting their levels of Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) – a natural protein that already controls DNA repair in our body.
- 2017 March 24th, Tom Bawden, “Not getting any older may be possibility after key discovery” in the i, № 1,975, page 15/5:
Synonyms
- (organic coenzyme): codehydrogenase I, coenzyme I, diphosphopyridine nucleotide (DPN), nadide (NAD⁺)
Translations
organic coenzyme
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