--- _id: '1146' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'Aim: The present study was to compare the effects of nicotinic acid and nicotinamide on the plasma methyl donors, choline and betaine. Methods: Thirty adult subjects were randomly divided into three groups of equal size, and orally received purified water (C group), nicotinic acid (300 mg, NA group) or nicotinamide (300 mg, NM group). Plasma nicotinamide, N 1-methylnicotinamide, homocysteine, betaine and choline levels before and 1.5-h and 3-h post-dosing, plasma normetanephrine and metanephrine concentrations at 3-h post-dosing, and the urinary excretion of N 1-methyl-2-pyridone-5-carboxamide during the test period were examined. Results: The level of 3-h plasma nicotinamide, N 1-methylnicotinamide, homocysteine, the urinary excretion of N 1-methyl-2-pyridone-5-carboxamide and pulse pressure (PP) in the NM group was 221%, 3972%, 61%, 1728% and 21.2% higher than that of the control group (P < 0.01, except homocysteine and PP P < 0.05), while the 3-h plasma betaine, normetanephrine and metanephrine level in the NM group was 24.4%, 9.4% and 11.7% lower (P < 0.05, except betaine P < 0.01), without significant difference in choline levels. Similar but less pronounced changes were observed in the NA group, with a lower level of 3-h plasma N 1-methylnicotinamide (1.90 ± 0.20 μmol/l vs. 3.62 ± 0.27 μmol/l, P < 0.01) and homocysteine (12.85 ± 1.39 μmol/l vs. 18.08 ± 1.02 μmol/l, P < 0.05) but a higher level of betaine (27.44 ± 0.71 μmol/l vs. 23.52 ± 0.61 μmol/l, P < 0.05) than that of the NM group. Conclusion: The degradation of nicotinamide consumes more betaine than that of nicotinic acid at identical doses. This difference should be taken into consideration in niacin fortification. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism.' acknowledgement: We thank all the participants for their contribution to this study and volunteers from the Nursing School of Dalian University for their supporting to collect blood and urine samples of the participants. We also thank Dr. Yasunori Takayama from National Institute for Physiological Sciences of Japan for his kind help. article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Wuping full_name: Sun, Wuping last_name: Sun - first_name: Ming-Zhu full_name: Zhai, Ming-Zhu id: 34009CFA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Zhai - first_name: Da full_name: Li, Da last_name: Li - first_name: Yiming full_name: Zhou, Yiming last_name: Zhou - first_name: Nana full_name: Chen, Nana last_name: Chen - first_name: Ming full_name: Guo, Ming last_name: Guo - first_name: Shisheng full_name: Zhou, Shisheng last_name: Zhou citation: ama: Sun W, Zhai M-Z, Li D, et al. Comparison of the effects of nicotinic acid and nicotinamide degradation on plasma betaine and choline levels. Clinical Nutrition. 2017;36(4):1136-1142. doi:10.1016/j.clnu.2016.07.016 apa: Sun, W., Zhai, M.-Z., Li, D., Zhou, Y., Chen, N., Guo, M., & Zhou, S. (2017). Comparison of the effects of nicotinic acid and nicotinamide degradation on plasma betaine and choline levels. Clinical Nutrition. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2016.07.016 chicago: Sun, Wuping, Ming-Zhu Zhai, Da Li, Yiming Zhou, Nana Chen, Ming Guo, and Shisheng Zhou. “Comparison of the Effects of Nicotinic Acid and Nicotinamide Degradation on Plasma Betaine and Choline Levels.” Clinical Nutrition. Elsevier, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2016.07.016. ieee: W. Sun et al., “Comparison of the effects of nicotinic acid and nicotinamide degradation on plasma betaine and choline levels,” Clinical Nutrition, vol. 36, no. 4. Elsevier, pp. 1136–1142, 2017. ista: Sun W, Zhai M-Z, Li D, Zhou Y, Chen N, Guo M, Zhou S. 2017. Comparison of the effects of nicotinic acid and nicotinamide degradation on plasma betaine and choline levels. Clinical Nutrition. 36(4), 1136–1142. mla: Sun, Wuping, et al. “Comparison of the Effects of Nicotinic Acid and Nicotinamide Degradation on Plasma Betaine and Choline Levels.” Clinical Nutrition, vol. 36, no. 4, Elsevier, 2017, pp. 1136–42, doi:10.1016/j.clnu.2016.07.016. short: W. Sun, M.-Z. Zhai, D. Li, Y. Zhou, N. Chen, M. Guo, S. Zhou, Clinical Nutrition 36 (2017) 1136–1142. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:50:24Z date_published: 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-10-16T11:09:39Z day: '01' department: - _id: RySh doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2016.07.016 intvolume: ' 36' issue: '4' language: - iso: eng month: '08' oa_version: None page: 1136-1142 publication: Clinical Nutrition publication_identifier: issn: - 0261-5614 publication_status: published publisher: Elsevier publist_id: '6212' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Comparison of the effects of nicotinic acid and nicotinamide degradation on plasma betaine and choline levels type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 36 year: '2017' ...