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• Niacin is known as vitamin B3 or nicotinic acid
• Nicotinic acid is a Vitamin, white water-soluble powder stable to heat, acid, and alkali & found in biochemical active combinations as the amide, niacin amide.
• Nicotinic acid is industrially produced from nicotinonitril which is usually obtained from oxidation of nicotine with concentrated HNO3. It can also be obtained from oxidation of alkyl .beta.-substituted pyridines
• Niacin is widely used in feed, food and pharmaceutical industry. The key end use field for niacin is feed industry
• China, as one of the major Niacin suppliers in the world, shares about 37% of the total capacity in the world. About 65% of Chinese niacin output is exported