Chemicals specialist, Arxada, will increase production of niacin along with other ingredients, following an extension of a long-term collaboration with nutritional supplier, Royal DSM.
Niacin, a vitamin B3 form improves NAD+ levels and improves muscle strength and performance in patients with the progressive muscle disease, mitochondrial myopathy, according to an international team of scientists.
Researchers linking the effects of vitamin B3 deficiency to incidences of psychosis could hold the key to solving ‘medical mysteries’ associated with the condition, and may provide hopes for those in developing countries.
Eye experts have discovered that severe vision loss from a self-prescribed high dose of niacin (Vitamin B3) is linked to injury of a specific cell type in a patient's eye.
Adequate maternal niacin intake may cut the number of babies born with congenital abnormalities, suggests a new study in The New England Journal of Medicine.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has warned against MusclePharm’s pre-workout Assault Hybrid supplements after it was found they contained over double the safe upper limit for niacin.
Slow-release niacin supplements are an effective way to lower cholesterol levels, while intake of inositol hexanicotinate (IHN) is ineffective, according to new research data.
The BfR – Germany’s Federal Institute for Risk Assessment – has called on consumers to refrain from taking nicotinic acid in excessive dosages as it is ‘damaging’ to health even if it is not widely used in Europe, according to an industry expert.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has found that inositol hexanicotinate is a safe source of niacin in food supplements, but cautions that safe upper limits must not be exceeded.
Vertellus has announced a price hike for its vitamin B3 for human
nutrition - just as it is ramping up capacity of the vitamin at its
plants in Indianapolis and Antwerp.
Swiss chemicals group Lonza has announced a strategic investment of
$200m in its operations in China, with the investment boosting all
the business including its rapidly expanding nutrition business
portfolio.
Swiss chemicals group Lonza has reported a 38.8 percent increase in
operating income in 2005, but margins for its nutritional products
have been eroded by high costs.
Swiss chemicals group Lonza is increasing the prices of its niacin
and niacinamide by between 10-12 per cent to absorb higher costs
for raw materials, energy and transportation, it said yesterday.
Swiss fine chemicals group Lonza said yesterday that it saw strong
demand for its nutrition products during the first half but high
raw material and energy costs continued to erode margins, writes
Dominique Patton.
Dietary niacin, or vitamin B3, may protect against the development
of Alzheimer's disease and the cognitive decline associated with
ageing in older people, suggests new research.
Expecting mothers with a diet lacking in plant proteins, iron,
magnesium, and niacin may be up to five times more likely to have a
baby with spina bifida, suggests a new study from the Netherlands.
Fish oil supplements could help reduce some of the fatty substances
found in the blood of diabetic patients, according to researchers
reporting in the October issue of Diabetes Care.
Niacin, the B vitamin which is known to raise blood glucose levels
when consumed in large quantities - making it inappropriate for use
as a diabetes treatment - could in fact be effective in treating
the disease, provided the dosage...
Researchers from Canada have discovered that many dietary
supplement users are unaware of the tolerable upper limits and as
such could be putting themselves at risk instead of doing
themselves some good.
