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Niacin vs Trigonelline - What's the difference?

niacin | trigonelline |

As nouns the difference between niacin and trigonelline

is that niacin is a water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism while trigonelline is an alkaloid product of the metabolism of niacin, found in many plants including fenugreek.

niacin

English

Noun

(-)
  • (vitamin) A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.

    • Synonyms

    * when used as a colour retention agent * nicotinic acid *

    trigonelline

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia trigonelline) (-)
  • (biochemistry) An alkaloid product of the metabolism of niacin, found in many plants including fenugreek.

    • Synonyms

    * caffearin, caffearine * coffearin, coffearine * gynesine