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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 6.
Published in final edited form as: Cell Metab. 2018 Mar 6;27(3):529–547. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2018.02.011

Table 1.

Classes of NAD+ boosting molecules and known effects in humans

Mechanism of Action Pharmacological Agent Health Outcomes Observ References
NAD+ Precursors Niacin (NA) ↓ TC and LDL in dyslipidemia
↓ Serum phosphate after kidney injury
↑ GFR after kidney injury
↓ Risk of myocardial infarct
↓ Risk of stroke
↓ Risk of CVD mortality
↑ Recovery from schizophrenia
↓ Rate of cognitive decline in AD
↓ Rate of metastases/relapse in breast cancer
↑ HDL-C in sickle cell disease
(Abram Hoffer, 2008; Garg et al., 2017; Morris et al., 2004; Phelan et al., 2017; Premkumar et al., 2007; Rennie et al., 2015; Scoffone et al., 2013)
NR ↑ NAD+ in blood (dose-dependent)
No Adverse effects
(Trammell et al., 2016a)
NAM
NaR
NaMN
NAAD
NMN
IHN
CD38 Inhibitors Quercetin ↓ LDL in CVD
↓ Blood pressure
↓ BMI
↓ Waist circumference
↓ Triglycerides
(Dower et al., 2015; Katske et al., 2001; Lee et al., 2016a; Menezes et al., 2017; Pfeuffer et al., 2013)
Luteolin ↓ Serum levels of IL-6 and TNF
↑ Adaptive functioning in autism
(Tsilioni et al., 2015)
Apigenin
78c
Luteolinidin
Kuromanin
PARP Inhibitors BGB-290, Olaparib, Rucaparib, Veliparib, CEP-9722, E7016, Talazoparib, Iniparib ↓ Tumor size, metastases, and relapse in breast and ovarian cancer (Brown et al., 2016; Evans and Matulonis, 2017)
Niraparib (MK – 4827)
PJ34
DPQ
3-aminobenzamide
SARM Inhibitors XAV939
NAMPT Activators P7C3