烟酸

煙酸

yānsuān

noun #65,229

Meanings

1 niacin
2 vitamin B3
3 nicotinic acid

Characters

smoke; (short for) nicotine

Examples

全麦面包富含烟酸。

Quánmài miànbāo fùhán yānsuān.

Whole-wheat bread is rich in niacin.

缺乏烟酸会引起糙皮病。

Quēfá yānsuān huì yǐnqǐ cāo pí bìng.

Niacin deficiency causes pellagra.

Tips

memory

烟 here is short for 烟碱 (nicotine) — the compound was first isolated from oxidized nicotine — not from 'smoke.' So 烟酸 = 'nicotinic acid,' the chemical name for vitamin B3. Same logic in 烟酰胺 (nicotinamide).

Stroke Order

烟 yān

酸 suān