nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

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  • NAD (initialism)

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nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) An organic coenzyme involved in biological oxidation and reduction reactions.
    • 2017 March 24, 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.
    • 2022 June 2, Sandee LaMotte, “The ‘Benjamin Button’ effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Sinclair also takes 1 gram of NMN, or nicotinamide mononucleotide, which in the body turns into NAD+, or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide.

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