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On Fri, 24 Jan 1997 02:26:20 -0500 elizabeth leslie <[log in to unmask]> writes: >Thank you for all the info on NADH. I have one quick qusetion (it >may=20 >seem simplistic, but it's puzzling me): How/Are nicotine, >nicotinamide, an= >d=20 >NADH related? > >Beth Leslie > > > >On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, Forrests Mom wrote: > >> NADH FAQ's >>=20 >>=20 >> Q. What is NADH? >>=20 >> A. NADH is the abbreviation for the reduced form of >> nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide. This reduced form contains high >energy >> hydrogen (the H in NADH) that provides energy to the cell. NADH >occurs in >> all living cells and plays a central role in the energy production >of the >> cells(1). The more energy a cell needs, the more NADH it needs. For >examp= >le, >> muscle cells and brain cells contain about 50 micrograms NADH per >gram >> tissue, heart cells 90 micrograms, red blood cells 4 micrograms(2). >In ot= >her >> words, if you supply NADH to the body, it acts as an energy >supplement, >> which provides the organism with additional energy.=20 >>=20 >> NADH occurs naturally in the muscle tissue of many animals, such as >fish, >> poultry and cattle that are part of our diet (3).=20 >>=20 >> Q. What does NADH do in the body? >>=20 >> A. NADH is the first and most energetic component in the central >energy >> producing mechanism in our cells(4). Thus it plays a crucial role in >> supplying our cells with energy.=20 >>=20 >> In addition NADH supplies the energy for the production of important >> compounds in our cells. NADH increases the production of adrenaline >and >> dopamine, particularly in the brain(5, 6) It improves aspects of >brain an= >d >> central nervous system function which are related to the activity of >> dopamine and adrenaline.=20 >>=20 >> Q. How was NADH discovered? >>=20 >> A. NADH was discovered in 1934 by Kaplan, an American scientist who >found >> that it plays an essential role in the energy production of >cells(7).=20 >>=20 >> Q. Who should take NADH? >>=20 >> A. Anyone that that wants to support the function of the central >nervous >> system and the energy production in all cells.=20 >>=20 >> Q. Who is Georg Birkmayer? >>=20 >> A. Professor Georg Birkmayer, MD, Ph.D., is the director of a >clinical >> laboratory in Vienna, Austria as well as a world renowned >biochemical >> researcher. He is associated with the University of Vienna and is a >visit= >ing >> professor at the University of Beijing, China. He is the general >secretar= >y >> of the International Academy of Tumor Marker Oncology. In addition >to bei= >ng >> a practicing physician, he is the author of more than 100 scientific >arti= >cles.=20 >>=20 >> References: >>=20 >> 1. Lehninger, A.L. (1970): Biochemistry, Worth Publisher Inc. >1970.=20 >>=20 >> 2. Klingenberg M. (1960): Zur Bedeutung der freien Nucleotide. >11.Moosbac= >her >> Kolloquium Springer Verlag p. 82-114=20 >>=20 >> 3. Sauberlich H.E. (1987): Nutritional Aspects of Pyridine >Nucleotides, i= >n >> Dolphin D, Poulson R., Avramovic O. (editors): Pyridine Nucleotide >Coenzy= >mes >> (Part B), John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1987, p. 599-626=20 >>=20 >> 4. Alberts B, et al (1983): Molecular Biology of the Cell, Garland >> Publishing, 1983, p. 491-495.=20 >>=20 >> 5. Vrecko K., Birkmayer JGD and Krainz J. (1993): Stimulation of >dopamine >> biosynthesis in cultured PC12 phaeochromocytoma cells by the >coenzyme >> nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH), J. Neur. Trans. >5:147-156=20 >>=20 >> 6. Gardier M. (1994) Study Report to Labor Birkmayer, Department >> Pharmacology, University Paris Sud.=20 >>=20 >> 7. Kaplan N.O. (1960) in Boyer PD, Lardy H. and Myrbaeck K.: The >Enzymes >> Vol. 3, Ac Press New York p. 156-172=20 >>=20 >> Colloidal NaDH, Order Form=20 >>=20 >> Home Page=20 >> >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>=20 >>=20 >> Copyright =A91996 by Chronic Wellness International=99=20 >>=20 >> Last Updated 11/03/96=20 >>=20 I share the same interest with Beth Leslie. People are asking me if smoking cigarettes would be helpful...I'm a non smoker both of whose smoking parents developed heart disease; in fact, my mom died in 1984 at age 62 of a heart attack, while manwhile trying to fight off kidney and breast cancers. So, I am trying NADH, and wonder about the NADH-nicotinic acid-nicotine relationships. Thanking you in advance. Ivan Suzman, Portland, Maine 47/10 land of lighthouses and lobsters