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. 2010 May 21;16(19):2378–2387. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i19.2378

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Proposed model of the role of niacin overload in obesity development. Excess nicotinamide metabolism may induce a biphasic effect: postprandial hyperinsulinemia followed by postprandial hypoglycemia, in which reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and scavenging may play a central role.