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1-Methylnicotinamide: a potent anti-inflammatory agent of vitamin origin
Jerzy Gebicki1, Anna Sysa-Jedrzejowska, Jan Adamus
1Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Technical University, Zeromskiego 116, PL 90-924 Lódź, Poland. jgebicki@ck-sg.p.lodz.pl
Polish Journal of Pharmacology
|July 15, 2003
Abstract:
It has been found that 1-methylnicotinamide (MNA+), a metabolite of nicotinamide, possesses significant anti-inflammatory properties. MNA+ is chemically stable, non-toxic and well tolerated. MNA+ can be used to treat wide variety of diseases and disorders and the use of this compound provides certain advantages over the use of nicotinamide.