How to Use nicotinamide in a Sentence

nicotinamide

noun
  • With this in mind, the authors suggest nicotinamide could be useful in reducing this risk.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The benefits declined among those patients who had skin cancer more than once before taking nicotinamide.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Even more striking, patients who began nicotinamide after their very first skin cancer had risk reductions of nearly 50 percent.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The researchers were interested in whether the nicotinamide users were less likely to have additional diagnoses moving forward.
    — Jamie Ducharme, Health, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Taking nicotinamide—a vitamin B3 derivative sold as an over-the-counter supplement—may help prevent skin cancer.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike systemic retinoids or invasive field therapies, nicotinamide is inexpensive, over-the-counter and free from significant side effects.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike systemic retinoids or invasive field therapies, nicotinamide is inexpensive, over-the-counter, and free from significant side effects.
    — New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Doctors who perform skin cancer surgeries often recommend nicotinamide - which is a form of Vitamin B3 - to their patients.
    — Allison Aubrey, NPR, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The new study, which was published in JAMA Dermatology, isn’t the first to suggest that nicotinamide helps prevent skin cancer.
    — Jamie Ducharme, Health, 26 Sep. 2025
  • When people began nicotinamide after having earlier received a positive skin cancer diagnosis, the reduction in risk was 54%.
    — New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The latest to join the ranks is nicotinamide mononucleotide—or NMN—a slightly tongue-twisting name that’s been popping up everywhere, especially within celebrity circles.
    — Alex Vance, SELF, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Lee said the mechanism for nicotinamide to reduce skin cancer risk is thought to be related to its ability to improve DNA repair and slow new sun damage from accumulating.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • For clinicians, the appeal of nicotinamide lies in its accessibility, safety, and tolerability.
    — New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2025
  • These precursors include nicotinamide riboside (NR) and nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN).
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Both doctors, however, said there’s not yet enough data to say whether nicotinamide supplementation is beneficial for people who have never had skin cancer, or who have had melanoma—which is less common but deadlier than basal and squamous cell disease.
    — Jamie Ducharme, Health, 26 Sep. 2025
  • To formulate it into the cream, NMN (nicotinamide mononucleatide) is used, a precursor to NAD+ that’s more stable in topical formulations.
    — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The study, published in JAMA Dermatology, found a decreased risk of three types of skin cancer associated with the use of nicotinamide, which is a form of vitamin B3.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • This is the claim of scientists from Vanderbilt University Medical Center who found nicotinamide, also known as niacinamide, reduced the risk of skin cancer by 14 percent compared to those who didn't take it.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Further, nicotinamide combined with EGCG shows promise as a low-risk, rapid-acting treatment to rejuvenate energy metabolism, reduce neurotoxic waste, and restore neuron function.
    — New Atlas, 6 Aug. 2025
  • When neurons from old mice were treated in the lab with a combination of nicotinamide and EGCG, GTP levels were restored to youthful levels in older neurons, notably after only 16 hours of treatment.
    — New Atlas, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Because the body cannot absorb pure NAD, NAD supplements are given in the form of precursors called NR (nicotinamide riboside) and NMN (nicotinamide mononucleotide).
    — Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Overall, niacinamide – also known as nicotinamide, a vitamin B3 form found in food and supplements that supports cellular energy, DNA repair and healthy skin – was associated with a 14% lower risk of developing skin cancer.
    — New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2025

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