Nicotine vs Nicotinic Acid: Why Two Nearly Identical Names Obscure Completely Different Molecules

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Why does an essential vitamin share a name with an addictive drug? Meet nicotine and nicotinic acid, the biochemical cousins that behave like total strangers in your body. This naming similarity has confused students, pa...View more