TABLE 1

Amounts of nicotinamide and its metabolites usually excreted in rat urine

Nicotinamide and its metabolites usually excreted in rat urine were measured by HPLC as described under Materials and Methods.


Strain

Nicotinamide

NMN

2-PY

4-PY

Total
nmol/ml
Sea:SD 34.0 ± 1.7 43.0 ± 1.6 64.2 ± 2.9 446.1 ± 20.0 587.3 ± 26.2
WKA/Sea
69.9 ± 1.6
580.3 ± 11.2
39.9 ± 0.6
30.4 ± 1.4
720.5 ± 14.8