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Compound

Acipimox

Overview

NCI Thesaurus: Acipimox is a niacin derivative and nicotinic acid analog with activity as a hypolipidemic agent. Acipimox has special application for the treatment of hyperlipidemia in non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients.[1] PC

MeSH: lipolysis inhibitor[2] PC

What studies say

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“Acipimox is a licensed lipid-lowering agent known to act as an NAD [nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide[3]] precursor.”[3] (McDonald C et al., BMJ open, 2024, abstract)

Chemistry

Formula
C6H6N2O3 PC
CAS number
51037-30-0 PC
Molar mass (g/mol)
154.12 PC
IUPAC name (computed by PubChem)
5-methyl-4-oxidopyrazin-4-ium-2-carboxylic acid PC
SMILES
CC1=CN=C(C=[N+]1[O-])C(=O)O PC
InChIKey
DJQOOSBJCLSSEY-UHFFFAOYSA-N PC
PubChem CID
5310993

Abbreviations

NAD
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide [3]

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Sources

  1. Journal / agency NCI Thesaurus (U.S. National Cancer Institute). Description text for Acipimox, as shown in the PubChem record (CID 5310993), retrieved 10 November 2026. Licence: Free of copyright, credit NCI; quoted word for word
  2. Journal / agency MeSH (Medical Subject Headings, U.S. National Library of Medicine). Description text for Acipimox, as shown in the PubChem record (CID 5310993), retrieved 10 November 2026. Licence: Public domain (U.S. government work); quoted word for word
  3. Journal / agency McDonald C, Alderson C, Birkbeck MG, Brown L, Del Din S, Gorman GG, Hollingsworth K, Massarella C, Rehman R, Rochester L, Sayer AA, Su H, Tuppen H, Warren C, Witham MD. A study protocol to investigate if acipimox improves muscle function and sarcopenia: an open-label, uncontrolled, before-and-after experimental medicine feasibility study in community-dwelling older adults. BMJ open. 2024. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076518 · PMID 38417968 · PMC10900389 · Open access, CC BY licence; quoted word for word
  4. Journal / agency PubChem (U.S. National Library of Medicine). Compound summary, CID 5310993. Retrieved 10 November 2026. Formula, mass, names and identifiers in the Chemistry table