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Source-bundle reconciliation note: Directional coding is conservative claim-level coding from extracted claim records, not a statement that the source texts contain no directional findings; source-level positive, negative, or unclear findings should be interpreted through the coded outcome class, directness, and claim-count fields. 18/19 retained sources are indirect, review-level, adjacent, or mechanistic and are used only to bound interpretation. The conclusion therefore does not support broad causal, clinical, or policy claims.\n\nThis paper synthesizes evidence on NAD+ metabolism effects across 19 accepted source papers and 1054 high-confidence extracted claims.\n\nThe evidence profile contains 1 direct clinical source, 18 adjacent clinical sources, and no sources classified primarily as mechanistic or model-system evidence, with 18 cross-study disagreements across the evidence base.\n\nPositive study-level signals are summarized in the frailty outcome class, null signals in the contextual adjacent evidence, dosing and pharmacokinetics, cardiometabolic outcome classes, and negative signals in no dominant outcome class. The paper therefore interprets the corpus as a tiered evidence profile rather than as a single pooled effect.\n\nThe conclusion is that NAD+ metabolism effects remains a bounded geroscience case: the retained clinical and adjacent evidence profile defines the scope for targeted testing, while mixed and null findings limit any unqualified anti-aging claim.\n\n## Methods\n\n### Review type and protocol\nThis manuscript is reported as a Thin-corpus evidence brief. A deterministic protocol governed source retrieval, screening, extraction, and synthesis; the protocol was frozen before manuscript rendering. The full audit trail is in the supplementary `methods_pack.json` and the timestamped submission directory `synthesis-nad_metabolism_effects-v06-DAILY-2026-06-21T16-27-12Z-R2`.\n\n### Information sources\nSources were retrieved across PubMed, Europe PMC, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, Crossref, DOAJ, OpenAIRE, PMC OAI, bioRxiv, medRxiv, arXiv, and ClinicalTrials.gov. Retrieval window: 2026-06-21.\n\n### Search strategy\nThe following topic-anchored queries were executed against the information sources listed above:\n\n- `nad metabolism effects aging`\n- `nad metabolism effects older adults`\n- `nad metabolism effects randomized controlled trial`\n- `nad aging`\n- `nad older adults`\n- `nad randomized controlled trial`\n- `metabolism aging`\n- `metabolism older adults`\n- `metabolism randomized controlled trial`\n- `nicotinamide riboside aging`\n\n### Eligibility criteria\n- Sources whose primary content addresses nad metabolism effects.\n- Sources with extractable quantitative or qualitative findings.\n- Peer-reviewed primary research, systematic reviews, or meta-analyses; preprints accepted only when source-traceable.\n- Sources with verifiable bibliographic identifiers (DOI / PMID / canonical handle).\n\n### Selection of sources of evidence\nThe synthesis did not begin from an unfiltered database export. It began from a pre-curated receipt-candidate set generated by the retrieval and claim-binding pipeline. Of 333 records in the receipt-candidate union, 119 were classified as source candidates and 19 were admitted as traceable synthesis sources. Mixed partial-or-none and partial-only rows are separate claim-binding audit buckets, not additive exclusion totals. No additional records were excluded after final source admission.\n\n### source admission funnel\n\n| Admission bucket | n |\n|---|---:|\n| Receipt candidate union | 333 |\n| Classified source candidates | 119 |\n| No extractable claims | 73 |\n| None-only claim binding | 15 |\n| Mixed partial-or-none claim-binding candidates | 82 |\n| Partial-only claim-binding candidates | 27 |\n| Strict high-confidence sources | 17 |\n| Admitted final sources | 19 |\n\n### Exclusion reasons\n- No records were excluded at the gates instrumented for this run: the eligibility criteria above were applied during retrieval and claim-binding but produced no post-screening exclusions with recorded counts for this corpus.\n\n### Data items\nThe following fields were extracted from each included source: study design, population / cohort, intervention or exposure, comparator, outcome class, effect direction, effect size, confidence interval or credible interval, p-value, sample size, follow-up duration, risk-of-bias rating. Under the calibration rule, source verification in the public bundle is limited to reference-level metadata; exact statistics and effect directions are drawn from these structured extraction artifacts (the synthesis manifest, risk-of-bias sidecar when populated, and claim registry) rather than from re-parsed full text.\n\n### Risk-of-bias appraisal\nRisk-of-bias framework assignment follows study design (RoB-2 for RCTs, ROBINS-I for non-randomised studies, AMSTAR-2 for systematic reviews / meta-analyses). Public appraisal claims are limited to populated `risk_of_bias.json` rows; when no populated ratings are present, interpretation remains bounded by source tier and directness rather than formal RoB certification.\n\n### Synthesis approach\nEvidence-tension synthesis: claims grouped by outcome class (cardiometabolic, contextual adjacent evidence, deficiency prevalence, dosing and pharmacokinetics, frailty, muscle function, safety and comorbidity); within-class agreement, disagreement, and directness gaps surfaced explicitly. Quantitative pooling applied only where ≥3 sources reported a comparable endpoint with extractable effect estimates.\n\n### AI-use disclosure\nSource retrieval, claim extraction, evidence routing, and prose drafting were assisted by large language models under a deterministic audit-trail protocol. Every manuscript claim is traceable to a source record in the supplementary `manifest.json`. Final eligibility and interpretation decisions are author-verified.\n\n### Accountability\nAccountability is established through reproducible artifacts: a deterministic protocol (`methods_pack.json`), a complete claim and citation registry, extracted numeric trace, deterministic gates (`full_paper.journal_surface.json`, `pre_submit_gate.json`, `artifact_consistency.json`), and a versioned correction path documented in the run's submission record. Certification under the `researka_agent_certified` model verifies that the manuscript is machine-verifiable, internally consistent, provenance-traced, and format-checked against these artifacts; it does not adjudicate domain correctness, corpus fit, or novelty, which remain subject to expert and reader review.\n\n## Evidence Landscape\n\n### Source Outcome-Class Map\n\nSignal-accounting note: biomarker-positive source-level findings are separated from clinical-endpoint mixed/null rows; biomarker elevation is not counted as clinical efficacy unless the mapped outcome class and endpoint support it.\n\nRole-accounting note: retained translational or mechanistic-with-human-correlational evidence is mapped by its public outcome and directness row; preclinical or mechanistic records that are not retained in the source map are excluded from clinical outcome-class tallies.\n\nTension-accounting note: disagreement counts are claim-level. Substantive tension still remains between biomarker-elevating studies and mixed/null clinical-endpoint studies across cognition, menopause, acute-care, so these contrasts are treated as unresolved evidence gaps.\n\n2 reviewer-named sources are not retained in this source map and are not counted in clinical outcome-class tallies unless listed below.\n\n- Berven 2026: The NAD-brain pharmacokinetic study of NAD augmentation in blood and brain using oral precursor supplementation: outcome=Dosing and Pharmacokinetics; directness=indirect; tier=B2.\n\n- Katayoshi 2023: Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide metabolism and arterial stiffness after long-term nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial: outcome=Cardiometabolic; directness=indirect; tier=B2.\n\n- Connell 2021: NAD + -Precursor Supplementation With L-Tryptophan, Nicotinic Acid, and Nicotinamide Does Not Affect Mitochondrial Function or Skeletal Muscle Function in Physically Compromised Older Adults: outcome=Muscle Function; directness=indirect; tier=B2.\n\n- Conze 2019: Safety and Metabolism of Long-term Administration of NIAGEN (Nicotinamide Riboside Chloride) in a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial of Healthy Overweight Adults: outcome=Safety and Comorbidity; directness=review; tier=B2.\n\n- Martens 2018: Chronic nicotinamide riboside supplementation is well-tolerated and elevates NAD + in healthy middle-aged and older adults: outcome=Cardiometabolic; directness=indirect; tier=B2.\n\n- Yulug 2023: Combined metabolic activators improve cognitive functions in Alzheimer’s disease patients: a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase-II trial: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=review; tier=B2.\n\n- In animal/preclinical evidence, Elhassan 2019: Nicotinamide Riboside Augments the Aged Human Skeletal Muscle NAD + Metabolome and Induces Transcriptomic and Anti-inflammatory Signatures: outcome=Muscle Function; directness=indirect; tier=B2.\n\n- In animal/preclinical evidence, Chen 2024: Effects of Nicotinamide Mononucleotide on Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials: outcome=Cardiometabolic; directness=review; tier=B1.\n\n- Pencina 2025: Oral MIB‐626 (β Nicotinamide Mononucleotide) Safely Raises Blood Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Levels in Hospitalized Patients With COVID‐19 and Acute Kidney Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial: outcome=Safety and Comorbidity; directness=direct; tier=A1.\n\n- Ryu 2022: Nicotinamide riboside and caffeine partially restore diminished NAD availability but not altered energy metabolism in Alzheimer's disease: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2.\n\n- Holmes 2026: Nicotinamide riboside and pterostilbene reduces frequency and severity of undesirable symptoms of the menopause transition: an open-label, pilot clinical trial: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2.\n\n- Christen 2026: The differential impact of three different NAD + boosters on circulatory NAD and microbial metabolism in humans: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2.\n\n- Yu 2026: Double‐Pronged NAD Preservation: Delaying Cellular Senescence and Initiating Musculoskeletal Regeneration: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2.\n\n- Membrez 2024: Trigonelline is an NAD + precursor that improves muscle function during ageing and is reduced in human sarcopenia: outcome=Frailty; directness=indirect; tier=B2.\n\n- In animal/preclinical evidence, Bozon 2025: Maternal Circulatory NAD Precursor Levels and the Yolk Sac Determine NAD Deficiency‐Driven Congenital Malformation Risk: outcome=Deficiency Prevalence; directness=indirect; tier=B2.\n\n- In animal/preclinical evidence, Richard 2026: NAD + and Sirt5 restore mitochondrial bioenergetics failure and improve locomotor defects caused by sucla2 mutations: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2.\n\n- Visalli 2026: Mitochondrial Resilience in Glaucoma: Targeting NAD + Metabolism and Oxidative Stress in Retinal Ganglion Cell Degeneration with Nicotinamide Riboside and Berberine: Preliminary Clinical Evidence: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2.\n\n- In animal/preclinical evidence, Harasim-Krawcewicz 2026: NAD + Enhancer Nicotinamide Riboside Alters Extracellular Purine Metabolism in Human Endothelial Cells: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2.\n\n- Imai 2025: From Bench to Clinic: The 2024 FASEB Scientific Research Conference on NAD Metabolism and Signaling: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2.\n\n## Results\n| Evidence domain | Corpus slice | Strongest signal | Directness | Main limitation |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| Contextual Adjacent Evidence | n=9; claims=176 | no extracted directional signal in 9/9 sources | 8 indirect; 1 review | limited corpus depth in this outcome class |\n| Cardiometabolic | n=3; claims=306 | unclear signal in 2/3 sources | 2 indirect; 1 review | limited corpus depth in this outcome class |\n| Muscle Function | n=2; claims=202 | unclear signal in 2/2 sources | 2 indirect | limited corpus depth in this outcome class |\n| Safety and Comorbidity | n=2; claims=167 | unclear signal in 1/2 sources | 1 direct; 1 review | limited corpus depth in this outcome class |\n| Deficiency Prevalence | n=1; claims=12 | no extracted directional signal in 1/1 sources | 1 indirect | single-source slice; hypothesis-generating |\n| Dosing and Pharmacokinetics | n=1; claims=178 | no extracted directional signal in 1/1 sources | 1 indirect | single-source slice; hypothesis-generating |\n| Frailty | n=1; claims=13 | positive signal in 1/1 sources | 1 indirect | single-source slice; hypothesis-generating |\n\n**Outcome-class note:** Contextual Adjacent Evidence denotes background, boundary-condition, or adjacent-outcome sources. It is not pooled with direct outcome evidence; these sources bound scope, safety, methods, and translation rather than serving as equal-weight support for the main efficacy claim.\n\nThis evidence brief reports outcome packets as a map of retained evidence rather than as a full journal Results narrative or pooled effect estimate.\n\n### Contextual Adjacent Evidence Outcomes\n\n9 included sources were assigned to this outcome class. Directional coding: null=9. Directness coding: indirect=8, review=1.\n\n### Cardiometabolic Outcomes\n\n3 included sources were assigned to this outcome class. Directional coding: null=1, unclear=2. Directness coding: indirect=2, review=1.\n\n### Muscle Function Outcomes\n\n2 included sources were assigned to this outcome class. Directional coding: unclear=2. Directness coding: indirect=2.\n\n### Safety Comorbidity Outcomes\n\n2 included sources were assigned to this outcome class. Directional coding: null=1, unclear=1. Directness coding: direct=1, review=1.\n\n### Deficiency Prevalence Outcomes\n\n1 included source were assigned to this outcome class. Directional coding: null=1. Directness coding: indirect=1.\n\n### Dosing Pharmacokinetics Outcomes\n\n1 included source were assigned to this outcome class. Directional coding: null=1. Directness coding: indirect=1.\n\n### Frailty Outcomes\n\n1 included source were assigned to this outcome class. Directional coding: positive=1. Directness coding: indirect=1.\n\n## Limitations\n\n**Verification note:** Reference-only or no-abstract records are treated as verification-limited context, not as equal-weight support for the main claim.\n\nThe curated corpus has no long-term mortality or hard cardiovascular endpoint trial of NAD-precursor supplementation in non-diabetic, community-dwelling adults, which constrains how far the cardiometabolic inferences can be taken. The result is that any 'metabolic benefit' statement derived from this corpus is, at best, an inference from sub-3-month biomarker changes, not from adjudicated events.\n\nAdditional corpus sources included animal/preclinical evidence; several clinically important outcomes in this domain are touched by a single source, which means they cannot be internally replicated within the corpus and can be interpreted as hypothesis-generating rather than confirmatory. Similarly, Bozon 2025 is the only corpus entry addressing maternal NAD deficiency-driven congenital malformation risk, and Visalli 2026 is the only entry on glaucoma / retinal ganglion cell degeneration (NR 300 mg + berberine), and Holmes 2026 is the only entry on menopausal symptoms (NRPT, NCT04841499); conclusions in each of these outcome lanes are single-trial and should be quarantined from pooled claims.\n\nPopulation specificity places hard boundaries on external validity.\n\nEndpoint scope is narrower than the headline claims require. The disconnect between the surrogate biomarker endpoints actually measured and the clinical endpoints the field invokes is a structural limitation of this evidence base, not a defect of any single trial; the methodological caution that surrogate associations do not guarantee hard-outcome validity (Ioannidis 2005) applies directly to the NAD+-rise → clinical-benefit chain that several of these sources imply.\n\nSeveral claims that the broader literature treats as clinically relevant are supported in this corpus only by mechanistic or preclinical evidence, which the synthesis cannot promote to clinical inference. Because the synthesis must not fuse mechanistic evidence on one outcome with direct interventional hard-endpoint evidence on another (a constraint surfacing in the 18 tension pairs that pair Pencina 2025 against entries such as Christen 2026, Martens 2018, Elhassan 2019, Connell 2021, Yulug 2023, and Berven 2026), any translational inference from these entries to clinical efficacy in the corresponding disease (mitochondrial bioenergetics failure, endothelial purine metabolism, sarcopenia, congenital malformation, Alzheimer's energy metabolism) is unsupported by the corpus as it stands and remains a gap rather than a finding.\n\n## Conclusion\n\nFor NAD+ metabolism effects, the final interpretation is deliberately tiered: the retained clinical and adjacent evidence profile defines a bounded geroscience rationale, but the corpus does not support treating mechanistic target engagement, intermediate biomarkers, and patient-relevant outcomes as interchangeable evidence. The closing claim should therefore be read as a map of what the retained studies can support, not as a clinical recommendation or a general anti-aging endorsement. Positive signals identify hypotheses and candidate contexts; null, mixed, or adverse signals identify the boundaries that future work must test directly. The evidence hierarchy remains load-bearing here: direct interventional hard-endpoint records carry more interpretive weight than adjacent clinical evidence, and both carry more translational weight than mechanistic or model systems. A stronger future conclusion would require larger direct human samples, prespecified endpoints, longer follow-up, comparable intervention characterization, transparent safety capture, and a consistent direction of effect across clinically proximate outcomes. Until that evidence exists, the paper's conclusion is that the topic is worth structured follow-up only within the boundaries defined by the included source set. That boundary is not a weakness in the paper; it is the main claim that keeps the synthesis reusable. Readers should carry forward the evidence classes separately: favorable mechanistic or surrogate findings can motivate experiments, indirect human findings can prioritize populations and endpoints, and direct clinical findings define the current ceiling for applied interpretation. The current corpus is non-supportive for clinical efficacy or general health-intervention claims; it supports only hypothesis generation and structured follow-up within the limits of indirect evidence. Any downstream use should preserve that tiered reading rather than compressing the corpus into a simple yes/no verdict for clinical practice or public messaging.\n\n## What This Synthesis Adds\n\nThis synthesis maps 19 included sources on NAD+ Metabolism Effects across 7 outcome classes and 18 cross-study disagreements. It separates endpoint-specific evidence from broad geroprotection claims so that favorable biomarker signals are not treated as proof of durable healthspan benefit.\n\nAcross 19 curated reference papers, the evidence base for NAD+ shows a context-dependent profile. Positive signals appear in: frailty. Null findings dominate: contextual other, dosing pharmacokinetics. The synthesis surfaces cross-study disagreements across outcome classes — see Cross-Domain Synthesis. The NAD+ anti-aging case as currently constituted is incomplete: mechanistic plausibility coexists with mixed or sparse human-RCT evidence, and the boundary conditions remain to be established.\n\nThe strongest unresolved contrast is the mechanism vs clinical between Membrez 2024 and Pencina 2025 on frailty (severity 3/5), which defines the boundary condition future studies must test rather than smooth over.\n\nIn animal/preclinical evidence, prior reviews in the corpus (Chen 2024) emphasize convergent signals on NAD+ Metabolism Effects. This synthesis adds a design-level evidence-weighting layer and an explicit cross-study disagreement map, keeping boundary conditions visible instead of averaging them away in narrative summary.\n\n### Boundary-Condition Matrix\n\n| Evidence domain | Direct sources | Indirect / mechanism sources | Direction profile | Interpretation boundary |\n|---|---:|---:|---|---|\n| cardiometabolic | 0 | 3 | null, unclear | direct interventional hard-endpoint gap |\n| frailty | 0 | 1 | positive | direct interventional hard-endpoint gap |\n| muscle function | 0 | 2 | unclear | direct interventional hard-endpoint gap |\n| deficiency prevalence | 0 | 1 | null | direct interventional hard-endpoint gap |\n| contextual adjacent evidence | 0 | 9 | null | direct interventional hard-endpoint gap |\n| dosing and pharmacokinetics | 0 | 1 | null | direct interventional hard-endpoint gap |\n| safety and comorbidity | 1 | 1 | null, unclear | replication gap |\n\n### Evidence-Gap Priority\n\n| Priority | Gap | Rationale |\n|---|---|---|\n| P1 | cardiometabolic: direct interventional hard-endpoint gap | 0 direct and 3 indirect sources; direction profile: null, unclear |\n| P2 | frailty: direct interventional hard-endpoint gap | 0 direct and 1 indirect source; direction profile: positive |\n| P3 | muscle function: direct interventional hard-endpoint gap | 0 direct and 2 indirect sources; direction profile: unclear |\n| P4 | deficiency prevalence: direct interventional hard-endpoint gap | 0 direct and 1 indirect source; direction profile: null |\n| P5 | contextual adjacent evidence: direct interventional hard-endpoint gap | 0 direct and 9 indirect sources; direction profile: null |\n\n### Next-Study Design Recommendation\n\nThe next high-yield study for NAD+ Metabolism Effects should target the **cardiometabolic** evidence gap, pre-register the primary endpoint, separate clinical from mechanistic endpoints, preserve safety and adherence capture, and include an analysis plan that can falsify the current boundary-condition claim rather than only confirming a favorable direction. Minimum useful design: at least 200 participants per arm, a priority population of adults or older adults with baseline risk in the target outcome domain, and follow-up lasting at least 12 months; shorter or smaller studies should be treated as hypothesis-generating.\n\n## Tensions and Gaps\n\nThe tension analysis separates claim-level disagreement counts from substantive cross-context evidence gaps. Biomarker-positive source-level findings are not pooled with mixed or null clinical-endpoint findings. The unresolved breadth therefore spans cognition, menopause, acute-care, and these contexts remain hypothesis-generating unless represented by retained direct clinical endpoint evidence.\n\n## Evidence Snapshot\n\nThe manuscript foregrounds the load-bearing evidence; the full evidence tables remain in the supplement.\n\n### Load-Bearing Included Studies\n\n- Additional corpus sources included animal/preclinical evidence; Pencina 2025; tier=A1; directness=direct; endpoint=safety comorbidity; direction=unclear.\n- Chen 2024; tier=B1; directness=review; endpoint=cardiometabolic; direction=unclear; representative statistic=P = 0.06.\n- Berven 2026; tier=B2; directness=indirect; endpoint=dosing pharmacokinetics; direction=null; representative statistic=P = 0.07.\n- Katayoshi 2023; tier=B2; directness=indirect; endpoint=cardiometabolic; direction=null; representative statistic=P = 0.097.\n- Connell 2021; tier=B2; directness=indirect; endpoint=muscle function; direction=unclear; representative statistic=P = 0.001.\n- Conze 2019; tier=B2; directness=review; endpoint=safety comorbidity; direction=null; representative statistic=p ≤ 0.05.\n- Martens 2018; tier=B2; directness=indirect; endpoint=cardiometabolic; direction=unclear; representative statistic=P < 0.006.\n- Yulug 2023; tier=B2; directness=review; endpoint=contextual adjacent evidence; direction=null; representative statistic=P > 0.05.\n- Elhassan 2019; tier=B2; directness=indirect; endpoint=muscle function; direction=unclear; representative statistic=P < 0.001.\n- Ryu 2022; tier=B2; directness=indirect; endpoint=contextual adjacent evidence; direction=null; representative statistic=P < 0.1.\n\n### Source Classification Map\n\nEach retained source is mapped to its public evidence role so the evidence landscape can be checked without opening the supplement.\n\n- Oral MIB‐626 (β Nicotinamide Mononucleotide) Safely Raises Blood Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Levels in Hospitalized Patients With COVID‐19 and Acute Kidney Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial: outcome=safety comorbidity; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=unclear; claims=30.\n- Effects of Nicotinamide Mononucleotide on Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=unclear; claims=32.\n- The NAD-brain pharmacokinetic study of NAD augmentation in blood and brain using oral precursor supplementation: outcome=dosing pharmacokinetics; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=178.\n- Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide metabolism and arterial stiffness after long-term nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=177.\n- NAD + -Precursor Supplementation With L-Tryptophan, Nicotinic Acid, and Nicotinamide Does Not Affect Mitochondrial Function or Skeletal Muscle Function in Physically Compromised Older Adults: outcome=muscle function; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=unclear; claims=148.\n- Safety and Metabolism of Long-term Administration of NIAGEN (Nicotinamide Riboside Chloride) in a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial of Healthy Overweight Adults: outcome=safety comorbidity; directness=review; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=137.\n- Chronic nicotinamide riboside supplementation is well-tolerated and elevates NAD + in healthy middle-aged and older adults: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=unclear; claims=97.\n- Combined metabolic activators improve cognitive functions in Alzheimer’s disease patients: a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase-II trial: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=review; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=69.\n- Nicotinamide Riboside Augments the Aged Human Skeletal Muscle NAD + Metabolome and Induces Transcriptomic and Anti-inflammatory Signatures: outcome=muscle function; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=unclear; claims=54.\n- Nicotinamide riboside and caffeine partially restore diminished NAD availability but not altered energy metabolism in Alzheimer's disease: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=28.\n- Nicotinamide riboside and pterostilbene reduces frequency and severity of undesirable symptoms of the menopause transition: an open-label, pilot clinical trial: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=19.\n- The differential impact of three different NAD + boosters on circulatory NAD and microbial metabolism in humans: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=17.\n- Double‐Pronged NAD Preservation: Delaying Cellular Senescence and Initiating Musculoskeletal Regeneration: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=16.\n- Trigonelline is an NAD + precursor that improves muscle function during ageing and is reduced in human sarcopenia: outcome=frailty; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=positive; claims=13.\n- Maternal Circulatory NAD Precursor Levels and the Yolk Sac Determine NAD Deficiency‐Driven Congenital Malformation Risk: outcome=deficiency prevalence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=12.\n- NAD + and Sirt5 restore mitochondrial bioenergetics failure and improve locomotor defects caused by sucla2 mutations: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=12.\n- Mitochondrial Resilience in Glaucoma: Targeting NAD + Metabolism and Oxidative Stress in Retinal Ganglion Cell Degeneration with Nicotinamide Riboside and Berberine: Preliminary Clinical Evidence: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=9.\n- NAD + Enhancer Nicotinamide Riboside Alters Extracellular Purine Metabolism in Human Endothelial Cells: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=5.\n- From Bench to Clinic: The 2024 FASEB Scientific Research Conference on NAD Metabolism and Signaling: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=1.\n\n### Classification Criteria\n\n- **Outcome class** is assigned from the source's bound endpoint, population, and claim text; adjacent/background sources are separated from clinical outcome slices.\n- **Directness** is coded as direct only when a source tests the topic against a clinically proximate outcome in the relevant population; a qualifying direct source would be a human interventional or hard-endpoint study of the topic itself. Indirect human, review-level, and mechanistic sources are weighted separately.\n- **Directional signal** is counted within the assigned outcome class only. A `no extracted directional signal` cell means the retained sources in that outcome slice did not yield a coded positive, negative, or mixed direction for that slice; it is not a claim that the source reports no associations anywhere else.\n- **Evidence tier** follows the deterministic tier/directness taxonomy used in the source builder; the prose writer cannot move a source between classes after sources are frozen.\n\n### Load-Bearing Tensions\n\n- Severity 3 indirectness gap: Pencina 2025 vs Conze 2019; Pencina 2025 (direct, A1) vs Conze 2019 (review) on safety comorbidity — direct vs indirect must be kept separate\n- Severity 3 mechanism vs clinical: Membrez 2024 vs Pencina 2025; Pencina 2025 (direct, safety comorbidity) vs Membrez 2024 (indirect, frailty) — cross-domain: clinical evidence on one outcome must not be fused with mechanistic / preclinical evidence on a different outcome\n- Severity 3 mechanism vs clinical: Chen 2024 vs Pencina 2025; Pencina 2025 (direct, safety comorbidity) vs Chen 2024 (review, cardiometabolic) — cross-domain: clinical evidence on one outcome must not be fused with mechanistic / preclinical evidence on a different outcome\n- Severity 3 mechanism vs clinical: Bozon 2025 vs Pencina 2025; Pencina 2025 (direct, safety comorbidity) vs Bozon 2025 (indirect, deficiency prevalence) — cross-domain: clinical evidence on one outcome must not be fused with mechanistic / preclinical evidence on a different outcome\n- Severity 3 mechanism vs clinical: Pencina 2025 vs Imai 2025; Pencina 2025 (direct, safety comorbidity) vs Imai 2025 (indirect, contextual other) — cross-domain: clinical evidence on one outcome must not be fused with mechanistic / preclinical evidence on a different outcome\n- Severity 3 mechanism vs clinical: Pencina 2025 vs Christen 2026; Pencina 2025 (direct, safety comorbidity) vs Christen 2026 (indirect, contextual other) — cross-domain: clinical evidence on one outcome must not be fused with mechanistic / preclinical evidence on a different outcome\n- Severity 3 mechanism vs clinical: Pencina 2025 vs Richard 2026; Pencina 2025 (direct, safety comorbidity) vs Richard 2026 (indirect, contextual other) — cross-domain: clinical evidence on one outcome must not be fused with mechanistic / preclinical evidence on a different outcome\n- Severity 3 mechanism vs clinical: Pencina 2025 vs Visalli 2026; Pencina 2025 (direct, safety comorbidity) vs Visalli 2026 (indirect, contextual other) — cross-domain: clinical evidence on one outcome must not be fused with mechanistic / preclinical evidence on a different outcome\n\nAdditional corpus sources included animal/preclinical evidence; additional corpus sources informed the synthesis without anchoring a foregrounded quantitative claim and are catalogued for completeness: Yu 2026, Harasim-Krawcewicz 2026.\n\n## References\n\n- **Berven 2026.** _The NAD-brain pharmacokinetic study of NAD augmentation in blood and brain using oral precursor supplementation._ iScience, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.114764. PMID: 41858901.\n- **Katayoshi 2023.** _Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide metabolism and arterial stiffness after long-term nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial._ Scientific Reports, 2023. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3. PMID: 36797393.\n- **Connell 2021.** _NAD + -Precursor Supplementation With L-Tryptophan, Nicotinic Acid, and Nicotinamide Does Not Affect Mitochondrial Function or Skeletal Muscle Function in Physically Compromised Older Adults._ The Journal of Nutrition, 2021. DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxab193. PMID: 34191033.\n- **Conze 2019.** _Safety and Metabolism of Long-term Administration of NIAGEN (Nicotinamide Riboside Chloride) in a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial of Healthy Overweight Adults._ Scientific Reports, 2019. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-46120-z. PMID: 31278280.\n- **Martens 2018.** _Chronic nicotinamide riboside supplementation is well-tolerated and elevates NAD + in healthy middle-aged and older adults._ Nature Communications, 2018. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03421-7. PMID: 29599478.\n- **Yulug 2023.** _Combined metabolic activators improve cognitive functions in Alzheimer’s disease patients: a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase-II trial._ Translational Neurodegeneration, 2023. DOI: 10.1186/s40035-023-00336-2. PMID: 36703196.\n- **Elhassan 2019.** _Nicotinamide Riboside Augments the Aged Human Skeletal Muscle NAD + Metabolome and Induces Transcriptomic and Anti-inflammatory Signatures._ Cell Reports, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.07.043. PMID: 31412242.\n- **Chen 2024.** _Effects of Nicotinamide Mononucleotide on Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials._ Current Diabetes Reports, 2024. DOI: 10.1007/s11892-024-01557-z. PMID: 39531138.\n- **Pencina 2025.** _Oral MIB‐626 (β Nicotinamide Mononucleotide) Safely Raises Blood Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Levels in Hospitalized Patients With COVID‐19 and Acute Kidney Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial._ FASEB BioAdvances, 2025. DOI: 10.1096/fba.2025-00014. PMID: 40746868.\n- **Ryu 2022.** _Nicotinamide riboside and caffeine partially restore diminished NAD availability but not altered energy metabolism in Alzheimer's disease._ Aging Cell, 2022. DOI: 10.1111/acel.13658. PMID: 35730144.\n- **Holmes 2026.** _Nicotinamide riboside and pterostilbene reduces frequency and severity of undesirable symptoms of the menopause transition: an open-label, pilot clinical trial._ Frontiers in Aging, 2026. DOI: 10.3389/fragi.2026.1773667. PMID: 42211736.\n- **Christen 2026.** _The differential impact of three different NAD + boosters on circulatory NAD and microbial metabolism in humans._ Nature Metabolism, 2026. DOI: 10.1038/s42255-025-01421-8. PMID: 41540253.\n- **Yu 2026.** _Double‐Pronged NAD Preservation: Delaying Cellular Senescence and Initiating Musculoskeletal Regeneration._ Aging Cell, 2026. DOI: 10.1111/acel.70468. PMID: 41944220.\n- **Membrez 2024.** _Trigonelline is an NAD + precursor that improves muscle function during ageing and is reduced in human sarcopenia._ Nature Metabolism, 2024. DOI: 10.1038/s42255-024-00997-x. PMID: 38504132.\n- **Bozon 2025.** _Maternal Circulatory NAD Precursor Levels and the Yolk Sac Determine NAD Deficiency‐Driven Congenital Malformation Risk._ The FASEB Journal, 2025. DOI: 10.1096/fj.202500708RR. PMID: 40689776.\n- **Richard 2026.** _NAD + and Sirt5 restore mitochondrial bioenergetics failure and improve locomotor defects caused by sucla2 mutations._ JCI Insight, 2026. DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.181812. PMID: 41574612.\n- **Visalli 2026.** _Mitochondrial Resilience in Glaucoma: Targeting NAD + Metabolism and Oxidative Stress in Retinal Ganglion Cell Degeneration with Nicotinamide Riboside and Berberine: Preliminary Clinical Evidence._ Diseases, 2026. DOI: 10.3390/diseases14020056. PMID: 41745094.\n- **Harasim-Krawcewicz 2026.** _NAD + Enhancer Nicotinamide Riboside Alters Extracellular Purine Metabolism in Human Endothelial Cells._ International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2026. DOI: 10.3390/ijms27073267. PMID: 41977445.\n- **Imai 2025.** _From Bench to Clinic: The 2024 FASEB Scientific Research Conference on NAD Metabolism and Signaling._ Molecular Medicine, 2025. DOI: 10.1186/s10020-025-01394-0. PMID: 41174496.\n\n### Background References\n\n*Canonical reference values and methodological references cited in prose. 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We report findings from a phase I pharmacokinetic trial assessing systemic and cerebral responses to oral NAD precursors in healthy individuals ( n = 6) and persons with Parkinson's disease ( n = 6) receiving 1,200 mg/day nicotinamide riboside or nicotinamide mononucleotide. Blood NAD increased slowly, plateauing after approximately two weeks of treatment, and declined with similarly slow kinetics following treatment discontinuation. Cerebral NAD levels increased measurably after four weeks of treatment. NAD-related metabolites showed faster increase and washout dynamics compared to NAD itself. Collectively, these data suggest that effective NAD-AT requires sustained oral administration over at least 2-4 weeks and that once-daily dosing is sufficient to maintain stable NAD levels. 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However, there are very few clinical reports of NMN supplementation in humans. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the influence of a 12-week NMN oral supplementation on biochemical and metabolic health parameters. A 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group clinical trial was conducted. A total of 36 healthy middle-aged participants received one capsule of either 125 mg NMN or placebo twice a day. Among the NAD + metabolites, the levels of nicotinamide in the serum were significantly higher in the NMN intake group than in the placebo group. Pulse wave velocity values indicating arterial stiffness tended to decrease in the NMN intake group. However, no significant difference was found between the two groups. Long-term NMN supplementation at 250 mg/day was well tolerated and did not cause adverse events. NMN safely and effectively elevated NAD + metabolism in healthy middle-aged adults.","source_id":"source_2","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"NAD + -Precursor Supplementation With L-Tryptophan, Nicotinic Acid, and Nicotinamide Does Not Affect Mitochondrial Function or Skeletal Muscle Function in Physically Compromised Older Adults","year":2021,"doi":"10.1093/jn/nxab193","url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxab193","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Connell 2021","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Boosting NAD+ via supplementation with niacin equivalents has been proposed as a potential modality capable of promoting healthy aging and negating age-dependent declines of skeletal muscle mass and function. OBJECTIVES: We investigated the efficacy of NAD+-precursor supplementation (tryptophan, nicotinic acid, and nicotinamide) on skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in physically compromised older adults. METHODS: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial was conducted in 14 (female/male: 4/10) community-dwelling, older adults with impaired physical function [age, 72.9 ± 4.0 years; BMI, 25.2 ± 2.3 kg/m2]. Participants were supplemented with 207.5 mg niacin equivalents/day [intervention (INT)] and a control product (CON) that did not contain niacin equivalents, each for 32 days. The primary outcomes tested were mitochondrial oxidative capacity and exercise efficiency, analyzed by means of paired Student's t-tests. Secondary outcomes, such as NAD+ concentrations, were analyzed accordingly. 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CMA promotes mitochondrial fatty acid uptake from the cytosol, facilitates fatty acid oxidation in the mitochondria, and alleviates oxidative stress. METHODS: Here, we designed a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase-II clinical trial and studied the effect of CMA administration on the global metabolism of AD patients. One-dose CMA included 12.35 g L-serine (61.75%), 1 g nicotinamide riboside (5%), 2.55 g N-acetyl-L-cysteine (12.75%), and 3.73 g L-carnitine tartrate (18.65%). AD patients received one dose of CMA or placebo daily during the first 28 days and twice daily between day 28 and day 84. The primary endpoint was the difference in the cognitive function and daily living activity scores between the placebo and the treatment arms. 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RECENT FINDINGS: Eight RCTs on NMN (dosage ranged 250-2000 mg/d for a duration of 14 days to 12 weeks) involving a total of 342 middle-age/older adults (49% females, mainly non-diabetic) reporting at least one outcome on glucose control or lipid profile published in 2021-2023 were reviewed. The random-effects meta-analyses indicated no significant benefit of NMN on fasting glucose, fasting insulin, glycated hemoglobin, homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance and lipid profile. Based on the small number of RCTs involving mainly relatively healthy adults, short-term supplementation of NMN of 250-2000 mg/d did not show significantly positive impacts on glucose control and lipid profile.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_4","claim":"The evidence profile contains 1 direct clinical source, 18 adjacent clinical sources, and no sources classified primarily as mechanistic or model-system evidence, with 18 cross-study disagreements across the evidence base.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"The NAD-brain pharmacokinetic study of NAD augmentation in blood and brain using oral precursor supplementation","year":2026,"doi":"10.1016/j.isci.2026.114764","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.114764","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Berven 2026","excerpt":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) augmentation therapy (NAD-AT) is increasingly explored in clinical trials across multiple indications, especially neurological diseases, yet its human pharmacokinetic profile remains incompletely defined. 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However, there are very few clinical reports of NMN supplementation in humans. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the influence of a 12-week NMN oral supplementation on biochemical and metabolic health parameters. A 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group clinical trial was conducted. A total of 36 healthy middle-aged participants received one capsule of either 125 mg NMN or placebo twice a day. Among the NAD + metabolites, the levels of nicotinamide in the serum were significantly higher in the NMN intake group than in the placebo group. Pulse wave velocity values indicating arterial stiffness tended to decrease in the NMN intake group. However, no significant difference was found between the two groups. Long-term NMN supplementation at 250 mg/day was well tolerated and did not cause adverse events. 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OBJECTIVES: We investigated the efficacy of NAD+-precursor supplementation (tryptophan, nicotinic acid, and nicotinamide) on skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in physically compromised older adults. METHODS: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial was conducted in 14 (female/male: 4/10) community-dwelling, older adults with impaired physical function [age, 72.9 ± 4.0 years; BMI, 25.2 ± 2.3 kg/m2]. Participants were supplemented with 207.5 mg niacin equivalents/day [intervention (INT)] and a control product (CON) that did not contain niacin equivalents, each for 32 days. The primary outcomes tested were mitochondrial oxidative capacity and exercise efficiency, analyzed by means of paired Student's t-tests. Secondary outcomes, such as NAD+ concentrations, were analyzed accordingly. 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CMA promotes mitochondrial fatty acid uptake from the cytosol, facilitates fatty acid oxidation in the mitochondria, and alleviates oxidative stress. METHODS: Here, we designed a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase-II clinical trial and studied the effect of CMA administration on the global metabolism of AD patients. One-dose CMA included 12.35 g L-serine (61.75%), 1 g nicotinamide riboside (5%), 2.55 g N-acetyl-L-cysteine (12.75%), and 3.73 g L-carnitine tartrate (18.65%). AD patients received one dose of CMA or placebo daily during the first 28 days and twice daily between day 28 and day 84. The primary endpoint was the difference in the cognitive function and daily living activity scores between the placebo and the treatment arms. 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RECENT FINDINGS: Eight RCTs on NMN (dosage ranged 250-2000 mg/d for a duration of 14 days to 12 weeks) involving a total of 342 middle-age/older adults (49% females, mainly non-diabetic) reporting at least one outcome on glucose control or lipid profile published in 2021-2023 were reviewed. The random-effects meta-analyses indicated no significant benefit of NMN on fasting glucose, fasting insulin, glycated hemoglobin, homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance and lipid profile. 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RECENT FINDINGS: Eight RCTs on NMN (dosage ranged 250-2000 mg/d for a duration of 14 days to 12 weeks) involving a total of 342 middle-age/older adults (49% females, mainly non-diabetic) reporting at least one outcome on glucose control or lipid profile published in 2021-2023 were reviewed. The random-effects meta-analyses indicated no significant benefit of NMN on fasting glucose, fasting insulin, glycated hemoglobin, homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance and lipid profile. Based on the small number of RCTs involving mainly relatively healthy adults, short-term supplementation of NMN of 250-2000 mg/d did not show significantly positive impacts on glucose control and lipid profile.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_14","claim":"Tension-accounting note: disagreement counts are claim-level. Substantive tension still remains between biomarker-elevating studies and mixed/null clinical-endpoint studies across cognition, menopause, acute-care, so these contrasts are treated as unresolved evidence gaps.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"The NAD-brain pharmacokinetic study of NAD augmentation in blood and brain using oral precursor supplementation","year":2026,"doi":"10.1016/j.isci.2026.114764","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.114764","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Berven 2026","excerpt":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) augmentation therapy (NAD-AT) is increasingly explored in clinical trials across multiple indications, especially neurological diseases, yet its human pharmacokinetic profile remains incompletely defined. We report findings from a phase I pharmacokinetic trial assessing systemic and cerebral responses to oral NAD precursors in healthy individuals ( n = 6) and persons with Parkinson's disease ( n = 6) receiving 1,200 mg/day nicotinamide riboside or nicotinamide mononucleotide. Blood NAD increased slowly, plateauing after approximately two weeks of treatment, and declined with similarly slow kinetics following treatment discontinuation. Cerebral NAD levels increased measurably after four weeks of treatment. NAD-related metabolites showed faster increase and washout dynamics compared to NAD itself. Collectively, these data suggest that effective NAD-AT requires sustained oral administration over at least 2-4 weeks and that once-daily dosing is sufficient to maintain stable NAD levels. NAD responses exhibited considerable interindividual variability, but were not influenced by disease status or sex, indicating broad applicability.","source_id":"source_1","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide metabolism and arterial stiffness after long-term nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial","year":2023,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Katayoshi 2023","excerpt":"Many animal studies have shown that oral administration of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) precursor nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) prevents the reduction of NAD + levels in organs and tissues, helping alleviate aging-related diseases. However, there are very few clinical reports of NMN supplementation in humans. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the influence of a 12-week NMN oral supplementation on biochemical and metabolic health parameters. A 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group clinical trial was conducted. A total of 36 healthy middle-aged participants received one capsule of either 125 mg NMN or placebo twice a day. Among the NAD + metabolites, the levels of nicotinamide in the serum were significantly higher in the NMN intake group than in the placebo group. Pulse wave velocity values indicating arterial stiffness tended to decrease in the NMN intake group. However, no significant difference was found between the two groups. Long-term NMN supplementation at 250 mg/day was well tolerated and did not cause adverse events. NMN safely and effectively elevated NAD + metabolism in healthy middle-aged adults.","source_id":"source_2","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"NAD + -Precursor Supplementation With L-Tryptophan, Nicotinic Acid, and Nicotinamide Does Not Affect Mitochondrial Function or Skeletal Muscle Function in Physically Compromised Older Adults","year":2021,"doi":"10.1093/jn/nxab193","url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxab193","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Connell 2021","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Boosting NAD+ via supplementation with niacin equivalents has been proposed as a potential modality capable of promoting healthy aging and negating age-dependent declines of skeletal muscle mass and function. OBJECTIVES: We investigated the efficacy of NAD+-precursor supplementation (tryptophan, nicotinic acid, and nicotinamide) on skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in physically compromised older adults. METHODS: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial was conducted in 14 (female/male: 4/10) community-dwelling, older adults with impaired physical function [age, 72.9 ± 4.0 years; BMI, 25.2 ± 2.3 kg/m2]. Participants were supplemented with 207.5 mg niacin equivalents/day [intervention (INT)] and a control product (CON) that did not contain niacin equivalents, each for 32 days. The primary outcomes tested were mitochondrial oxidative capacity and exercise efficiency, analyzed by means of paired Student's t-tests. Secondary outcomes, such as NAD+ concentrations, were analyzed accordingly. RESULTS: Following supplementation, skeletal muscle NAD+ concentrations [7.5 ± 1.9 compared with 7.9 ± 1.","source_id":"source_3","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Combined metabolic activators improve cognitive functions in Alzheimer’s disease patients: a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase-II trial","year":2023,"doi":"10.1186/s40035-023-00336-2","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40035-023-00336-2","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Yulug 2023","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with metabolic abnormalities linked to critical elements of neurodegeneration. We recently administered combined metabolic activators (CMA) to the AD rat model and observed that CMA improves the AD-associated histological parameters in the animals. CMA promotes mitochondrial fatty acid uptake from the cytosol, facilitates fatty acid oxidation in the mitochondria, and alleviates oxidative stress. METHODS: Here, we designed a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase-II clinical trial and studied the effect of CMA administration on the global metabolism of AD patients. One-dose CMA included 12.35 g L-serine (61.75%), 1 g nicotinamide riboside (5%), 2.55 g N-acetyl-L-cysteine (12.75%), and 3.73 g L-carnitine tartrate (18.65%). AD patients received one dose of CMA or placebo daily during the first 28 days and twice daily between day 28 and day 84. The primary endpoint was the difference in the cognitive function and daily living activity scores between the placebo and the treatment arms. The secondary aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and tolerability of CMA.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Effects of Nicotinamide Mononucleotide on Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials","year":2024,"doi":"10.1007/s11892-024-01557-z","url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11892-024-01557-z","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Chen 2024","excerpt":"PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Supplementation of nicotinamide mononucleotides (NMN) has been claimed to improve metabolic function. We reviewed human randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of NMN to evaluate its effect on markers of glucose and lipid metabolism. RECENT FINDINGS: Eight RCTs on NMN (dosage ranged 250-2000 mg/d for a duration of 14 days to 12 weeks) involving a total of 342 middle-age/older adults (49% females, mainly non-diabetic) reporting at least one outcome on glucose control or lipid profile published in 2021-2023 were reviewed. The random-effects meta-analyses indicated no significant benefit of NMN on fasting glucose, fasting insulin, glycated hemoglobin, homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance and lipid profile. Based on the small number of RCTs involving mainly relatively healthy adults, short-term supplementation of NMN of 250-2000 mg/d did not show significantly positive impacts on glucose control and lipid profile.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_15","claim":"Yulug 2023: Combined metabolic activators improve cognitive functions in Alzheimer’s disease patients: a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase-II trial: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=review; tier=B2.","citation_support":[{"source_id":"source_4","study":"Combined metabolic activators improve cognitive functions in Alzheimer’s disease patients: a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase-II trial","doi":"10.1186/s40035-023-00336-2","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40035-023-00336-2","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Yulug 2023","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"review-level","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with metabolic abnormalities linked to critical elements of neurodegeneration. We recently administered combined metabolic activators (CMA) to the AD rat model and observed that CMA improves the AD-associated histological parameters in the animals. CMA promotes mitochondrial fatty acid uptake from the cytosol, facilitates fatty acid oxidation in the mitochondria, and alleviates oxidative stress. METHODS: Here, we designed a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase-II clinical trial and studied the effect of CMA administration on the global metabolism of AD patients. One-dose CMA included 12.35 g L-serine (61.75%), 1 g nicotinamide riboside (5%), 2.55 g N-acetyl-L-cysteine (12.75%), and 3.73 g L-carnitine tartrate (18.65%). AD patients received one dose of CMA or placebo daily during the first 28 days and twice daily between day 28 and day 84. The primary endpoint was the difference in the cognitive function and daily living activity scores between the placebo and the treatment arms. The secondary aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and tolerability of CMA."}],"candidate_sources":[]},{"claim_id":"claim_16","claim":"In animal/preclinical evidence, Elhassan 2019: Nicotinamide Riboside Augments the Aged Human Skeletal Muscle NAD + Metabolome and Induces Transcriptomic and Anti-inflammatory Signatures: outcome=Muscle Function; directness=indirect; tier=B2.","citation_support":[{"source_id":"source_19","study":"Nicotinamide Riboside Augments the Aged Human Skeletal Muscle NAD + Metabolome and Induces Transcriptomic and Anti-inflammatory Signatures","doi":"10.1016/j.celrep.2019.07.043","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2019.07.043","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Elhassan 2019","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"primary","excerpt":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) is modulated by conditions of metabolic stress and has been reported to decline with aging in preclinical models, but human data are sparse. Nicotinamide riboside (NR) supplementation ameliorates metabolic dysfunction in rodents. We aimed to establish whether oral NR supplementation in aged participants can increase the skeletal muscle NAD + metabolome and if it can alter muscle mitochondrial bioenergetics. We supplemented 12 aged men with 1 g NR per day for 21 days in a placebo-controlled, randomized, double-blind, crossover trial. Targeted metabolomics showed that NR elevated the muscle NAD + metabolome, evident by increased nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide and nicotinamide clearance products. Muscle RNA sequencing revealed NR-mediated downregulation of energy metabolism and mitochondria pathways, without altering mitochondrial bioenergetics. NR also depressed levels of circulating inflammatory cytokines. Our data establish that oral NR is available to aged human muscle and identify anti-inflammatory effects of NR."}],"candidate_sources":[]},{"claim_id":"claim_17","claim":"In animal/preclinical evidence, Chen 2024: Effects of Nicotinamide Mononucleotide on Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials: outcome=Cardiometabolic; directness=review; tier=B1.","citation_support":[{"source_id":"source_5","study":"Effects of Nicotinamide Mononucleotide on Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials","doi":"10.1007/s11892-024-01557-z","url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11892-024-01557-z","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Chen 2024","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"review-level","excerpt":"PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Supplementation of nicotinamide mononucleotides (NMN) has been claimed to improve metabolic function. We reviewed human randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of NMN to evaluate its effect on markers of glucose and lipid metabolism. RECENT FINDINGS: Eight RCTs on NMN (dosage ranged 250-2000 mg/d for a duration of 14 days to 12 weeks) involving a total of 342 middle-age/older adults (49% females, mainly non-diabetic) reporting at least one outcome on glucose control or lipid profile published in 2021-2023 were reviewed. The random-effects meta-analyses indicated no significant benefit of NMN on fasting glucose, fasting insulin, glycated hemoglobin, homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance and lipid profile. Based on the small number of RCTs involving mainly relatively healthy adults, short-term supplementation of NMN of 250-2000 mg/d did not show significantly positive impacts on glucose control and lipid profile."}],"candidate_sources":[]},{"claim_id":"claim_18","claim":"Ryu 2022: Nicotinamide riboside and caffeine partially restore diminished NAD availability but not altered energy metabolism in Alzheimer's disease: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2.","citation_support":[{"source_id":"source_7","study":"Nicotinamide riboside and caffeine partially restore diminished NAD availability but not altered energy metabolism in Alzheimer's disease","doi":"10.1111/acel.13658","url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.13658","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Ryu 2022","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"primary","excerpt":"The redox co-factor nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) declines with age, and NAD deficits are specifically associated with dysfunctional energy metabolism in late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD). Nicotinamide riboside (NR), a dietary NAD precursor, has been suggested to ameliorate the aging process or neurodegeneration. We assessed whether NR with or without caffeine, which increases nicotinamide mononucleotide transferase subtype 2 (NMNAT2), an essential enzyme in NAD production, modulates bioenergetic functions in LOAD. In LOAD patients-and young or old control individuals-derived dermal fibroblasts as well as in induced pluripotent stem cell-differentiated neural progenitors and astrocytes, NR and caffeine cell type-specifically increased the NAD pool, transiently enhanced mitochondrial respiration or glycolysis and altered the expression of genes in the NAD synthesis or consumption pathways. However, continued treatment led to reversed bioenergetic effects. Importantly, NR and caffeine did not alter the characteristics of a previously documented inherent LOAD-associated bioenergetic phenotype."}],"candidate_sources":[]},{"claim_id":"claim_19","claim":"Holmes 2026: Nicotinamide riboside and pterostilbene reduces frequency and severity of undesirable symptoms of the menopause transition: an open-label, pilot clinical trial: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2.","citation_support":[{"source_id":"source_8","study":"Nicotinamide riboside and pterostilbene reduces frequency and severity of undesirable symptoms of the menopause transition: an open-label, pilot clinical trial","doi":"10.3389/fragi.2026.1773667","url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fragi.2026.1773667","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Holmes 2026","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"primary","excerpt":"INTRODUCTION: Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is a metabolite of vitamin B3 necessary for the production of key hormones like estradiol. Both NAD+ and estradiol levels decrease with age. Reduced estradiol levels have been associated with undesirable symptoms of the menopause transition. Previous clinical trials have demonstrated that oral supplementation with NRPT, a combination of the NAD+ precursor nicotinamide riboside (NR) plus pterostilbene (PT), significantly increases NAD+ levels. In the present study, the effects of a 7-day supplementation of NRPT on undesirable symptoms of the menopause transition were examined. METHODS: An open-label, pilot clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT04841499) was conducted to assess the efficacy of NRPT supplementation (commercially known as Basis; a combination of nicotinamide riboside and pterostilbene) in 40 healthy women over 35 years of age, 32 of which self-reported symptoms associated with the menopause transition (MS group) and eight women who were not experiencing any (or minimal) symptoms associated with menopause (No-MS group)."}],"candidate_sources":[]},{"claim_id":"claim_20","claim":"Christen 2026: The differential impact of three different NAD + boosters on circulatory NAD and microbial metabolism in humans: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2.","citation_support":[{"source_id":"source_9","study":"The differential impact of three different NAD + boosters on circulatory NAD and microbial metabolism in humans","doi":"10.1038/s42255-025-01421-8","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-025-01421-8","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Christen 2026","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"primary","excerpt":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD(H)) and its phosphorylated form NADP(H) are vitamin B 3 -derived redox cofactors essential for numerous metabolic reactions and protein modifications. Various health conditions are associated with disturbances in NAD + homeostasis. To restore NAD + levels, the main biosynthetic pathways have been targeted, with nicotinamide (Nam), nicotinamide riboside (NR) and nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) being the most prominent boosters. However, while many preclinical studies have examined the effects of these precursors, a direct comparison in humans is lacking, and recent rodent research suggests that the NAD + -boosting effects of NR and NMN may depend on their microbial conversion to nicotinic acid (NA), a mechanism not yet confirmed in humans. Here we show in a randomized, open-label, placebo-controlled study in 65 healthy participants that 14 days of supplementation with NR and NMN, but not Nam, comparably increases circulatory NAD + concentrations in healthy adults. Unlike the chronic effect, only Nam acutely and transiently affects the whole-blood NAD + metabolome."}],"candidate_sources":[]},{"claim_id":"claim_21","claim":"Yu 2026: Double‐Pronged NAD Preservation: Delaying Cellular Senescence and Initiating Musculoskeletal Regeneration: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2.","citation_support":[{"source_id":"source_10","study":"Double‐Pronged NAD Preservation: Delaying Cellular Senescence and Initiating Musculoskeletal Regeneration","doi":"10.1111/acel.70468","url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.70468","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Yu 2026","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"primary","excerpt":"In the context of population aging, musculoskeletal fitness has emerged as a cornerstone of overall well-being and injury prevention, relying on the coordinated function of cartilage, bone, and muscle. Drawing on the principle of \"increasing income and reducing expenditure,\" we propose a combinatorial formulation consisting of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) precursor nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) and the NAD + -consuming enzyme inhibitor apigenin (API), hereafter referred to as the \"N + A\" regimen, to enhance NAD + reserves. Our results revealed that the N + A formulation alleviated cellular senescence, thereby promoting the differentiation of skeletal precursor cells into chondrocytes, osteoblasts, and myocytes for the reconstruction of the musculoskeletal system. Oral administration of the N + A formulation alleviated cartilage degeneration, bone loss, and muscle atrophy; additionally, it enhanced exercise capacity in aged mice. Mechanistically, the N + A strategy preserves NAD + levels, which are subsequently utilized by mitochondrial sirtuin 3 (SIRT3) to promote deacetylation modifications and alleviate the senescent phenotype."}],"candidate_sources":[]},{"claim_id":"claim_22","claim":"In animal/preclinical evidence, Bozon 2025: Maternal Circulatory NAD Precursor Levels and the Yolk Sac Determine NAD Deficiency‐Driven Congenital Malformation Risk: outcome=Deficiency Prevalence; directness=indirect; tier=B2.","citation_support":[{"source_id":"source_13","study":"Maternal Circulatory NAD Precursor Levels and the Yolk Sac Determine NAD Deficiency‐Driven Congenital Malformation Risk","doi":"10.1096/fj.202500708RR","url":"https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.202500708RR","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Bozon 2025","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"primary","excerpt":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) is an essential cofactor in hundreds of cellular processes. Genetic disruption of NAD de novo synthesis causes congenital NAD deficiency disorder (CNDD), characterized by multiple congenital malformations or death in utero. Patient outcomes are highly variable, likely due to differences in the availability of maternal NAD precursors vitamin B3 and tryptophan to the embryo and its extraembryonic tissues. Here, maternal plasma and yolk sac NAD metabolomes, embryonic NAD levels, and pregnancy outcomes were quantified in a CNDD mouse model to determine how maternal circulatory NAD precursor provision affects pregnancy outcome and to identify metabolic markers of CNDD risk. Maternal levels of nicotinamide positively correlated with embryonic NAD levels, highlighting its central role for embryonic NAD metabolism. Levels of nicotinamide-derived excretion metabolites were the best predictors of adverse pregnancy outcome."}],"candidate_sources":[]},{"claim_id":"claim_23","claim":"In animal/preclinical evidence, Richard 2026: NAD + and Sirt5 restore mitochondrial bioenergetics failure and improve locomotor defects caused by sucla2 mutations: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2.","citation_support":[{"source_id":"source_12","study":"NAD + and Sirt5 restore mitochondrial bioenergetics failure and improve locomotor defects caused by sucla2 mutations","doi":"10.1172/jci.insight.181812","url":"https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.181812","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Richard 2026","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"primary","excerpt":"Mitochondria-derived acyl-coenzyme A (acyl-CoA) species chemically modify proteins, causing damage when acylation reactions are not adequately detoxified by enzymatic removal or protein turnover. Defects in genes encoding the mitochondrial respiratory complex and TCA cycle enzymes have been shown to increase acyl-CoA levels due to reduced enzymatic flux and result in proteome-wide hyperacylation. How pathologically elevated acyl-CoA levels contribute to bioenergetics failure in mitochondrial diseases is not well understood. Here, we demonstrate that bulk succinylation from succinyl-CoA excess consumes the enzymatic cofactor NAD+ and propagates mitochondrial respiratory defects in a zebrafish model of succinyl-CoA ligase deficiency, a childhood-onset encephalomyopathy. To explore this mechanism as a therapeutic target, we developed a workflow to monitor behavioral defects in sucla2-/- zebrafish and show that hypersuccinylation is associated with reduced locomotor behavior and impaired ability to execute food hunting patterns. Postembryonic NAD+ precursor supplementation restores NAD+ levels and improves locomotion and survival of sucla2-/- zebrafish."}],"candidate_sources":[]},{"claim_id":"claim_24","claim":"Visalli 2026: Mitochondrial Resilience in Glaucoma: Targeting NAD + Metabolism and Oxidative Stress in Retinal Ganglion Cell Degeneration with Nicotinamide Riboside and Berberine: Preliminary Clinical Evidence: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2.","citation_support":[{"source_id":"source_14","study":"Mitochondrial Resilience in Glaucoma: Targeting NAD + Metabolism and Oxidative Stress in Retinal Ganglion Cell Degeneration with Nicotinamide Riboside and Berberine: Preliminary Clinical Evidence","doi":"10.3390/diseases14020056","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/diseases14020056","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Visalli 2026","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"primary","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Glaucoma is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the selective vulnerability of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), in which mitochondrial dysfunction, redox imbalance, and impaired bioenergetic signaling play central pathogenetic roles. Mitochondrial homeostasis in RGCs critically depends on maintaining intracellular NAD + pools, which support oxidative phosphorylation, sirtuin-mediated deacetylation, and antioxidant gene expression. Nicotinamide riboside (NR), a potent NAD + precursor, and berberine (BBR), an AMPK activator derived from Berberis aristata, have recently emerged as synergistic modulators of mitochondrial metabolism and oxidative stress resistance. METHODS: This study retrospectively assessed clinical outcomes associated with combined nutraceutical supplementation of nicotinamide riboside (NR) and berberine (BBR) in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma undergoing stable topical hypotensive therapy. We have included a narrative review in the current literature regarding NAD + biology, AMPK-sirtuin signaling, and oxidative stress responses in retinal ganglion cell (RGC) degeneration."}],"candidate_sources":[]},{"claim_id":"claim_25","claim":"In animal/preclinical evidence, Harasim-Krawcewicz 2026: NAD + Enhancer Nicotinamide Riboside Alters Extracellular Purine Metabolism in Human Endothelial Cells: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2.","citation_support":[{"source_id":"source_15","study":"NAD + Enhancer Nicotinamide Riboside Alters Extracellular Purine Metabolism in Human Endothelial Cells","doi":"10.3390/ijms27073267","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms27073267","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Harasim-Krawcewicz 2026","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"primary","excerpt":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) is essential for maintaining homeostasis in all types of cells, including endothelium, and depletion of its pool can impair bioenergetics and stress response, contributing to cardiovascular disorders. Nicotinamide riboside (NR) effectively restores the intracellular NAD + pool, supporting endothelial integrity, but the molecular mechanisms remain incompletely elucidated, particularly regarding extracellular adenine nucleotide catabolism, purinergic signaling, and their effects on immune cell adhesion. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of NR on intracellular nucleotides, extracellular adenine nucleotide catabolism, and adhesive properties in the cultured murine (H5V) and human (HMEC-1) microvascular endothelial cell line. We demonstrated that NR treatment significantly increased intracellular NAD + concentrations without changes in the energy status of endothelial cells. We also showed that NR treatment accelerated extracellular hydrolysis of ATP and AMP and decreased the rate of adenosine deamination in endothelial cells."}],"candidate_sources":[]},{"claim_id":"claim_26","claim":"Imai 2025: From Bench to Clinic: The 2024 FASEB Scientific Research Conference on NAD Metabolism and Signaling: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2.","citation_support":[{"source_id":"source_16","study":"From Bench to Clinic: The 2024 FASEB Scientific Research Conference on NAD Metabolism and Signaling","doi":"10.1186/s10020-025-01394-0","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s10020-025-01394-0","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Imai 2025","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"primary","excerpt":"The 2024 FASEB Scientific Research Conference on NAD Metabolism and Signaling was held in Lisbon, Portugal and served to (1) unite researchers, clinicians, and trainees, (2) create opportunities for early-stage investigators by showcasing their work on an international stage and promote collaborations, (3) train the next generation of scientists in the field, and (4) improve human health by furthering our understanding of NAD + metabolism and signaling. With the burgeoning potential of NAD + as a therapeutic agent for multiple health conditions, as well as many remaining scientific questions about the NAD + metabolome, an expert panel discussion titled \"NAD + Health Outcomes Forum: A Call to Action\" was hosted on Thursday, August 29, 2024. The main objectives were to discuss and translate what is known about NAD + biology into tangible actions and to identify what remains unknown into a research call to action. Given the broad and reaching impact of NAD + on health, there is significant interest in NAD + pathway modulation, including through precursors such as nicotinic acid, nicotinamide (NAM), nicotinamide riboside (NR), and nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN)."}],"candidate_sources":[]},{"claim_id":"claim_27","claim":"| Evidence domain | Corpus slice | Strongest signal | Directness | Main limitation |","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"The NAD-brain pharmacokinetic study of NAD augmentation in blood and brain using oral precursor supplementation","year":2026,"doi":"10.1016/j.isci.2026.114764","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.114764","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Berven 2026","excerpt":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) augmentation therapy (NAD-AT) is increasingly explored in clinical trials across multiple indications, especially neurological diseases, yet its human pharmacokinetic profile remains incompletely defined. We report findings from a phase I pharmacokinetic trial assessing systemic and cerebral responses to oral NAD precursors in healthy individuals ( n = 6) and persons with Parkinson's disease ( n = 6) receiving 1,200 mg/day nicotinamide riboside or nicotinamide mononucleotide. Blood NAD increased slowly, plateauing after approximately two weeks of treatment, and declined with similarly slow kinetics following treatment discontinuation. Cerebral NAD levels increased measurably after four weeks of treatment. NAD-related metabolites showed faster increase and washout dynamics compared to NAD itself. Collectively, these data suggest that effective NAD-AT requires sustained oral administration over at least 2-4 weeks and that once-daily dosing is sufficient to maintain stable NAD levels. NAD responses exhibited considerable interindividual variability, but were not influenced by disease status or sex, indicating broad applicability.","source_id":"source_1","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide metabolism and arterial stiffness after long-term nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial","year":2023,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Katayoshi 2023","excerpt":"Many animal studies have shown that oral administration of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) precursor nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) prevents the reduction of NAD + levels in organs and tissues, helping alleviate aging-related diseases. However, there are very few clinical reports of NMN supplementation in humans. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the influence of a 12-week NMN oral supplementation on biochemical and metabolic health parameters. A 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group clinical trial was conducted. A total of 36 healthy middle-aged participants received one capsule of either 125 mg NMN or placebo twice a day. Among the NAD + metabolites, the levels of nicotinamide in the serum were significantly higher in the NMN intake group than in the placebo group. Pulse wave velocity values indicating arterial stiffness tended to decrease in the NMN intake group. However, no significant difference was found between the two groups. Long-term NMN supplementation at 250 mg/day was well tolerated and did not cause adverse events. 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Positive study-level signals are summarized in the frailty outcome class, null signals in the contextual adjacent evidence, dosing and pharmacokinetics, cardiometabolic outcome classes, and negative signals in no dominant outcome class."},{"id":"claim_2","type":"claim","text":"Evidence-honesty note: 13/19 retained sources are coded as null or no extracted directional signal; this corpus is non-supportive for clinical efficacy claims and hypothesis-generating only. Source-bundle reconciliation note: Directional coding is conservative claim-level coding from extracted claim records, not a statement that the source texts contain no directional findings; source-level positive, negative, or unclear findings should be interpreted through the coded outcome class, directness, and claim-count fields. 18/19 retained sources are indirect, review-level, adjacent, or mechanistic and are used only to bound interpretation. The conclusion therefore does not support broad causal, clinical, or policy claims."},{"id":"claim_3","type":"claim","text":"This paper synthesizes evidence on NAD+ metabolism effects across 19 accepted source papers and 1054 high-confidence extracted claims."},{"id":"claim_4","type":"claim","text":"The evidence profile contains 1 direct clinical source, 18 adjacent clinical sources, and no sources classified primarily as mechanistic or model-system evidence, with 18 cross-study disagreements across the evidence base."},{"id":"claim_5","type":"claim","text":"Positive study-level signals are summarized in the frailty outcome class, null signals in the contextual adjacent evidence, dosing and pharmacokinetics, cardiometabolic outcome classes, and negative signals in no dominant outcome class. The paper therefore interprets the corpus as a tiered evidence profile rather than as a single pooled effect."},{"id":"claim_6","type":"claim","text":"The conclusion is that NAD+ metabolism effects remains a bounded geroscience case: the retained clinical and adjacent evidence profile defines the scope for targeted testing, while mixed and null findings limit any unqualified anti-aging claim."},{"id":"claim_7","type":"claim","text":"This manuscript is reported as a Thin-corpus evidence brief. A deterministic protocol governed source retrieval, screening, extraction, and synthesis; the protocol was frozen before manuscript rendering. The full audit trail is in the supplementary `methods_pack.json` and the timestamped submission directory `synthesis-nad_metabolism_effects-v06-DAILY-2026-06-21T16-27-12Z-R2`."},{"id":"claim_8","type":"claim","text":"The following fields were extracted from each included source: study design, population / cohort, intervention or exposure, comparator, outcome class, effect direction, effect size, confidence interval or credible interval, p-value, sample size, follow-up duration, risk-of-bias rating. Under the calibration rule, source verification in the public bundle is limited to reference-level metadata; exact statistics and effect directions are drawn from these structured extraction artifacts (the synthesis manifest, risk-of-bias sidecar when populated, and claim registry) rather than from re-parsed full text."},{"id":"claim_9","type":"claim","text":"Risk-of-bias framework assignment follows study design (RoB-2 for RCTs, ROBINS-I for non-randomised studies, AMSTAR-2 for systematic reviews / meta-analyses). 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Final eligibility and interpretation decisions are author-verified."},{"id":"claim_12","type":"claim","text":"Signal-accounting note: biomarker-positive source-level findings are separated from clinical-endpoint mixed/null rows; biomarker elevation is not counted as clinical efficacy unless the mapped outcome class and endpoint support it."},{"id":"claim_13","type":"claim","text":"Role-accounting note: retained translational or mechanistic-with-human-correlational evidence is mapped by its public outcome and directness row; preclinical or mechanistic records that are not retained in the source map are excluded from clinical outcome-class tallies."},{"id":"claim_14","type":"claim","text":"Tension-accounting note: disagreement counts are claim-level. Substantive tension still remains between biomarker-elevating studies and mixed/null clinical-endpoint studies across cognition, menopause, acute-care, so these contrasts are treated as unresolved evidence gaps."},{"id":"claim_15","type":"claim","text":"Yulug 2023: Combined metabolic activators improve cognitive functions in Alzheimer’s disease patients: a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase-II trial: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=review; tier=B2."},{"id":"claim_16","type":"claim","text":"In animal/preclinical evidence, Elhassan 2019: Nicotinamide Riboside Augments the Aged Human Skeletal Muscle NAD + Metabolome and Induces Transcriptomic and Anti-inflammatory Signatures: outcome=Muscle Function; directness=indirect; tier=B2."},{"id":"claim_17","type":"claim","text":"In animal/preclinical evidence, Chen 2024: Effects of Nicotinamide Mononucleotide on Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials: outcome=Cardiometabolic; directness=review; tier=B1."},{"id":"claim_18","type":"claim","text":"Ryu 2022: Nicotinamide riboside and caffeine partially restore diminished NAD availability but not altered energy metabolism in Alzheimer's disease: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2."},{"id":"claim_19","type":"claim","text":"Holmes 2026: Nicotinamide riboside and pterostilbene reduces frequency and severity of undesirable symptoms of the menopause transition: an open-label, pilot clinical trial: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2."},{"id":"claim_20","type":"claim","text":"Christen 2026: The differential impact of three different NAD + boosters on circulatory NAD and microbial metabolism in humans: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2."},{"id":"claim_21","type":"claim","text":"Yu 2026: Double‐Pronged NAD Preservation: Delaying Cellular Senescence and Initiating Musculoskeletal Regeneration: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2."},{"id":"claim_22","type":"claim","text":"In animal/preclinical evidence, Bozon 2025: Maternal Circulatory NAD Precursor Levels and the Yolk Sac Determine NAD Deficiency‐Driven Congenital Malformation Risk: outcome=Deficiency Prevalence; directness=indirect; tier=B2."},{"id":"claim_23","type":"claim","text":"In animal/preclinical evidence, Richard 2026: NAD + and Sirt5 restore mitochondrial bioenergetics failure and improve locomotor defects caused by sucla2 mutations: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2."},{"id":"claim_24","type":"claim","text":"Visalli 2026: Mitochondrial Resilience in Glaucoma: Targeting NAD + Metabolism and Oxidative Stress in Retinal Ganglion Cell Degeneration with Nicotinamide Riboside and Berberine: Preliminary Clinical Evidence: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2."},{"id":"claim_25","type":"claim","text":"In animal/preclinical evidence, Harasim-Krawcewicz 2026: NAD + Enhancer Nicotinamide Riboside Alters Extracellular Purine Metabolism in Human Endothelial Cells: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2."},{"id":"claim_26","type":"claim","text":"Imai 2025: From Bench to Clinic: The 2024 FASEB Scientific Research Conference on NAD Metabolism and Signaling: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2."},{"id":"claim_27","type":"claim","text":"| Evidence domain | Corpus slice | Strongest signal | Directness | Main limitation |"},{"id":"claim_28","type":"claim","text":"| Contextual Adjacent Evidence | n=9; claims=176 | no extracted directional signal in 9/9 sources | 8 indirect; 1 review | limited corpus depth in this outcome class |"},{"id":"claim_29","type":"claim","text":"Outcome-class note:** Contextual Adjacent Evidence denotes background, boundary-condition, or adjacent-outcome sources. It is not pooled with direct outcome evidence; these sources bound scope, safety, methods, and translation rather than serving as equal-weight support for the main efficacy claim."},{"id":"claim_30","type":"claim","text":"This evidence brief reports outcome packets as a map of retained evidence rather than as a full journal Results narrative or pooled effect estimate."},{"id":"source_1","type":"source","study":"The NAD-brain pharmacokinetic study of NAD augmentation in blood and brain using oral precursor supplementation","year":2026,"doi":"10.1016/j.isci.2026.114764","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.114764","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Berven 2026","excerpt":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) augmentation therapy (NAD-AT) is increasingly explored in clinical trials across multiple indications, especially neurological diseases, yet its human pharmacokinetic profile remains incompletely defined. We report findings from a phase I pharmacokinetic trial assessing systemic and cerebral responses to oral NAD precursors in healthy individuals ( n = 6) and persons with Parkinson's disease ( n = 6) receiving 1,200 mg/day nicotinamide riboside or nicotinamide mononucleotide. Blood NAD increased slowly, plateauing after approximately two weeks of treatment, and declined with similarly slow kinetics following treatment discontinuation. Cerebral NAD levels increased measurably after four weeks of treatment. NAD-related metabolites showed faster increase and washout dynamics compared to NAD itself. Collectively, these data suggest that effective NAD-AT requires sustained oral administration over at least 2-4 weeks and that once-daily dosing is sufficient to maintain stable NAD levels. NAD responses exhibited considerable interindividual variability, but were not influenced by disease status or sex, indicating broad applicability."},{"id":"source_2","type":"source","study":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide metabolism and arterial stiffness after long-term nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial","year":2023,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Katayoshi 2023","excerpt":"Many animal studies have shown that oral administration of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) precursor nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) prevents the reduction of NAD + levels in organs and tissues, helping alleviate aging-related diseases. However, there are very few clinical reports of NMN supplementation in humans. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the influence of a 12-week NMN oral supplementation on biochemical and metabolic health parameters. A 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group clinical trial was conducted. A total of 36 healthy middle-aged participants received one capsule of either 125 mg NMN or placebo twice a day. Among the NAD + metabolites, the levels of nicotinamide in the serum were significantly higher in the NMN intake group than in the placebo group. Pulse wave velocity values indicating arterial stiffness tended to decrease in the NMN intake group. However, no significant difference was found between the two groups. Long-term NMN supplementation at 250 mg/day was well tolerated and did not cause adverse events. NMN safely and effectively elevated NAD + metabolism in healthy middle-aged adults."},{"id":"source_3","type":"source","study":"NAD + -Precursor Supplementation With L-Tryptophan, Nicotinic Acid, and Nicotinamide Does Not Affect Mitochondrial Function or Skeletal Muscle Function in Physically Compromised Older Adults","year":2021,"doi":"10.1093/jn/nxab193","url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxab193","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Connell 2021","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Boosting NAD+ via supplementation with niacin equivalents has been proposed as a potential modality capable of promoting healthy aging and negating age-dependent declines of skeletal muscle mass and function. OBJECTIVES: We investigated the efficacy of NAD+-precursor supplementation (tryptophan, nicotinic acid, and nicotinamide) on skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in physically compromised older adults. METHODS: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial was conducted in 14 (female/male: 4/10) community-dwelling, older adults with impaired physical function [age, 72.9 ± 4.0 years; BMI, 25.2 ± 2.3 kg/m2]. Participants were supplemented with 207.5 mg niacin equivalents/day [intervention (INT)] and a control product (CON) that did not contain niacin equivalents, each for 32 days. The primary outcomes tested were mitochondrial oxidative capacity and exercise efficiency, analyzed by means of paired Student's t-tests. Secondary outcomes, such as NAD+ concentrations, were analyzed accordingly. RESULTS: Following supplementation, skeletal muscle NAD+ concentrations [7.5 ± 1.9 compared with 7.9 ± 1."},{"id":"source_4","type":"source","study":"Combined metabolic activators improve cognitive functions in Alzheimer’s disease patients: a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase-II trial","year":2023,"doi":"10.1186/s40035-023-00336-2","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40035-023-00336-2","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Yulug 2023","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with metabolic abnormalities linked to critical elements of neurodegeneration. We recently administered combined metabolic activators (CMA) to the AD rat model and observed that CMA improves the AD-associated histological parameters in the animals. CMA promotes mitochondrial fatty acid uptake from the cytosol, facilitates fatty acid oxidation in the mitochondria, and alleviates oxidative stress. METHODS: Here, we designed a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase-II clinical trial and studied the effect of CMA administration on the global metabolism of AD patients. One-dose CMA included 12.35 g L-serine (61.75%), 1 g nicotinamide riboside (5%), 2.55 g N-acetyl-L-cysteine (12.75%), and 3.73 g L-carnitine tartrate (18.65%). AD patients received one dose of CMA or placebo daily during the first 28 days and twice daily between day 28 and day 84. The primary endpoint was the difference in the cognitive function and daily living activity scores between the placebo and the treatment arms. The secondary aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and tolerability of CMA."},{"id":"source_5","type":"source","study":"Effects of Nicotinamide Mononucleotide on Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials","year":2024,"doi":"10.1007/s11892-024-01557-z","url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11892-024-01557-z","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Chen 2024","excerpt":"PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Supplementation of nicotinamide mononucleotides (NMN) has been claimed to improve metabolic function. We reviewed human randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of NMN to evaluate its effect on markers of glucose and lipid metabolism. RECENT FINDINGS: Eight RCTs on NMN (dosage ranged 250-2000 mg/d for a duration of 14 days to 12 weeks) involving a total of 342 middle-age/older adults (49% females, mainly non-diabetic) reporting at least one outcome on glucose control or lipid profile published in 2021-2023 were reviewed. The random-effects meta-analyses indicated no significant benefit of NMN on fasting glucose, fasting insulin, glycated hemoglobin, homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance and lipid profile. Based on the small number of RCTs involving mainly relatively healthy adults, short-term supplementation of NMN of 250-2000 mg/d did not show significantly positive impacts on glucose control and lipid profile."},{"id":"source_6","type":"source","study":"Oral MIB‐626 (β Nicotinamide Mononucleotide) Safely Raises Blood Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Levels in Hospitalized Patients With COVID‐19 and Acute Kidney Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial","year":2025,"doi":"10.1096/fba.2025-00014","url":"https://doi.org/10.1096/fba.2025-00014","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Pencina 2025","excerpt":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) plays an important role in the innate immune response and is depleted during SARS-CoV-2 infection due to increased turnover. It is unknown whether treatment with NAD + precursors can safely raise NAD + levels in patients with COVID-19. To determine whether MIB-626 ( β- nicotinamide mononucleotide), an NAD + precursor, can safely increase blood NAD + levels and attenuate acute kidney injury (AKI) and inflammation in hospitalized patients with COVID-19, 42 adults, ≥ 18 years, hospitalized with COVID-19 and AKI, were randomized in a 3:2 ratio to MIB-626 1.0-g or placebo tablets twice daily for 14 days. Circulating NAD + and its metabolites, markers of AKI, inflammation, and disease severity, were assessed. MIB-626 treatment significantly but gradually raised blood NAD + levels to a peak between 5 to 14 days (16.0 ± 6.9, 25.5 ± 12.6, and 42.6 ± 25.6 μg/mL at baseline, days 5 and 14) and raised plasma concentrations of NAD + metabolites 1-methylnicotinamide, N-methyl, 2-pyridone, 4-carboxamide rapidly to a peak by day 3. Changes in serum creatinine, cystatin-C, and serum markers of AKI did not differ significantly between groups."},{"id":"source_7","type":"source","study":"Nicotinamide riboside and caffeine partially restore diminished NAD availability but not altered energy metabolism in Alzheimer's disease","year":2022,"doi":"10.1111/acel.13658","url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.13658","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Ryu 2022","excerpt":"The redox co-factor nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) declines with age, and NAD deficits are specifically associated with dysfunctional energy metabolism in late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD). Nicotinamide riboside (NR), a dietary NAD precursor, has been suggested to ameliorate the aging process or neurodegeneration. We assessed whether NR with or without caffeine, which increases nicotinamide mononucleotide transferase subtype 2 (NMNAT2), an essential enzyme in NAD production, modulates bioenergetic functions in LOAD. In LOAD patients-and young or old control individuals-derived dermal fibroblasts as well as in induced pluripotent stem cell-differentiated neural progenitors and astrocytes, NR and caffeine cell type-specifically increased the NAD pool, transiently enhanced mitochondrial respiration or glycolysis and altered the expression of genes in the NAD synthesis or consumption pathways. However, continued treatment led to reversed bioenergetic effects. Importantly, NR and caffeine did not alter the characteristics of a previously documented inherent LOAD-associated bioenergetic phenotype."},{"id":"source_8","type":"source","study":"Nicotinamide riboside and pterostilbene reduces frequency and severity of undesirable symptoms of the menopause transition: an open-label, pilot clinical trial","year":2026,"doi":"10.3389/fragi.2026.1773667","url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fragi.2026.1773667","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Holmes 2026","excerpt":"INTRODUCTION: Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is a metabolite of vitamin B3 necessary for the production of key hormones like estradiol. Both NAD+ and estradiol levels decrease with age. Reduced estradiol levels have been associated with undesirable symptoms of the menopause transition. Previous clinical trials have demonstrated that oral supplementation with NRPT, a combination of the NAD+ precursor nicotinamide riboside (NR) plus pterostilbene (PT), significantly increases NAD+ levels. In the present study, the effects of a 7-day supplementation of NRPT on undesirable symptoms of the menopause transition were examined. METHODS: An open-label, pilot clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT04841499) was conducted to assess the efficacy of NRPT supplementation (commercially known as Basis; a combination of nicotinamide riboside and pterostilbene) in 40 healthy women over 35 years of age, 32 of which self-reported symptoms associated with the menopause transition (MS group) and eight women who were not experiencing any (or minimal) symptoms associated with menopause (No-MS group)."},{"id":"source_9","type":"source","study":"The differential impact of three different NAD + boosters on circulatory NAD and microbial metabolism in humans","year":2026,"doi":"10.1038/s42255-025-01421-8","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-025-01421-8","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Christen 2026","excerpt":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD(H)) and its phosphorylated form NADP(H) are vitamin B 3 -derived redox cofactors essential for numerous metabolic reactions and protein modifications. Various health conditions are associated with disturbances in NAD + homeostasis. To restore NAD + levels, the main biosynthetic pathways have been targeted, with nicotinamide (Nam), nicotinamide riboside (NR) and nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) being the most prominent boosters. However, while many preclinical studies have examined the effects of these precursors, a direct comparison in humans is lacking, and recent rodent research suggests that the NAD + -boosting effects of NR and NMN may depend on their microbial conversion to nicotinic acid (NA), a mechanism not yet confirmed in humans. Here we show in a randomized, open-label, placebo-controlled study in 65 healthy participants that 14 days of supplementation with NR and NMN, but not Nam, comparably increases circulatory NAD + concentrations in healthy adults. Unlike the chronic effect, only Nam acutely and transiently affects the whole-blood NAD + metabolome."},{"id":"source_10","type":"source","study":"Double‐Pronged NAD Preservation: Delaying Cellular Senescence and Initiating Musculoskeletal Regeneration","year":2026,"doi":"10.1111/acel.70468","url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.70468","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Yu 2026","excerpt":"In the context of population aging, musculoskeletal fitness has emerged as a cornerstone of overall well-being and injury prevention, relying on the coordinated function of cartilage, bone, and muscle. Drawing on the principle of \"increasing income and reducing expenditure,\" we propose a combinatorial formulation consisting of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) precursor nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) and the NAD + -consuming enzyme inhibitor apigenin (API), hereafter referred to as the \"N + A\" regimen, to enhance NAD + reserves. Our results revealed that the N + A formulation alleviated cellular senescence, thereby promoting the differentiation of skeletal precursor cells into chondrocytes, osteoblasts, and myocytes for the reconstruction of the musculoskeletal system. Oral administration of the N + A formulation alleviated cartilage degeneration, bone loss, and muscle atrophy; additionally, it enhanced exercise capacity in aged mice. Mechanistically, the N + A strategy preserves NAD + levels, which are subsequently utilized by mitochondrial sirtuin 3 (SIRT3) to promote deacetylation modifications and alleviate the senescent phenotype."},{"id":"source_11","type":"source","study":"Trigonelline is an NAD + precursor that improves muscle function during ageing and is reduced in human sarcopenia","year":2024,"doi":"10.1038/s42255-024-00997-x","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-024-00997-x","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Membrez 2024","excerpt":"Mitochondrial dysfunction and low nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) levels are hallmarks of skeletal muscle ageing and sarcopenia 1-3 , but it is unclear whether these defects result from local changes or can be mediated by systemic or dietary cues. Here we report a functional link between circulating levels of the natural alkaloid trigonelline, which is structurally related to nicotinic acid 4 , NAD + levels and muscle health in multiple species. In humans, serum trigonelline levels are reduced with sarcopenia and correlate positively with muscle strength and mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in skeletal muscle. Using naturally occurring and isotopically labelled trigonelline, we demonstrate that trigonelline incorporates into the NAD + pool and increases NAD + levels in Caenorhabditis elegans, mice and primary myotubes from healthy individuals and individuals with sarcopenia. Mechanistically, trigonelline does not activate GPR109A but is metabolized via the nicotinate phosphoribosyltransferase/Preiss-Handler pathway 5,6 across models. In C."},{"id":"source_12","type":"source","study":"NAD + and Sirt5 restore mitochondrial bioenergetics failure and improve locomotor defects caused by sucla2 mutations","year":2026,"doi":"10.1172/jci.insight.181812","url":"https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.181812","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Richard 2026","excerpt":"Mitochondria-derived acyl-coenzyme A (acyl-CoA) species chemically modify proteins, causing damage when acylation reactions are not adequately detoxified by enzymatic removal or protein turnover. Defects in genes encoding the mitochondrial respiratory complex and TCA cycle enzymes have been shown to increase acyl-CoA levels due to reduced enzymatic flux and result in proteome-wide hyperacylation. How pathologically elevated acyl-CoA levels contribute to bioenergetics failure in mitochondrial diseases is not well understood. Here, we demonstrate that bulk succinylation from succinyl-CoA excess consumes the enzymatic cofactor NAD+ and propagates mitochondrial respiratory defects in a zebrafish model of succinyl-CoA ligase deficiency, a childhood-onset encephalomyopathy. To explore this mechanism as a therapeutic target, we developed a workflow to monitor behavioral defects in sucla2-/- zebrafish and show that hypersuccinylation is associated with reduced locomotor behavior and impaired ability to execute food hunting patterns. Postembryonic NAD+ precursor supplementation restores NAD+ levels and improves locomotion and survival of sucla2-/- zebrafish."},{"id":"source_13","type":"source","study":"Maternal Circulatory NAD Precursor Levels and the Yolk Sac Determine NAD Deficiency‐Driven Congenital Malformation Risk","year":2025,"doi":"10.1096/fj.202500708RR","url":"https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.202500708RR","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Bozon 2025","excerpt":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) is an essential cofactor in hundreds of cellular processes. Genetic disruption of NAD de novo synthesis causes congenital NAD deficiency disorder (CNDD), characterized by multiple congenital malformations or death in utero. Patient outcomes are highly variable, likely due to differences in the availability of maternal NAD precursors vitamin B3 and tryptophan to the embryo and its extraembryonic tissues. Here, maternal plasma and yolk sac NAD metabolomes, embryonic NAD levels, and pregnancy outcomes were quantified in a CNDD mouse model to determine how maternal circulatory NAD precursor provision affects pregnancy outcome and to identify metabolic markers of CNDD risk. Maternal levels of nicotinamide positively correlated with embryonic NAD levels, highlighting its central role for embryonic NAD metabolism. Levels of nicotinamide-derived excretion metabolites were the best predictors of adverse pregnancy outcome."},{"id":"source_14","type":"source","study":"Mitochondrial Resilience in Glaucoma: Targeting NAD + Metabolism and Oxidative Stress in Retinal Ganglion Cell Degeneration with Nicotinamide Riboside and Berberine: Preliminary Clinical Evidence","year":2026,"doi":"10.3390/diseases14020056","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/diseases14020056","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Visalli 2026","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Glaucoma is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the selective vulnerability of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), in which mitochondrial dysfunction, redox imbalance, and impaired bioenergetic signaling play central pathogenetic roles. Mitochondrial homeostasis in RGCs critically depends on maintaining intracellular NAD + pools, which support oxidative phosphorylation, sirtuin-mediated deacetylation, and antioxidant gene expression. Nicotinamide riboside (NR), a potent NAD + precursor, and berberine (BBR), an AMPK activator derived from Berberis aristata, have recently emerged as synergistic modulators of mitochondrial metabolism and oxidative stress resistance. METHODS: This study retrospectively assessed clinical outcomes associated with combined nutraceutical supplementation of nicotinamide riboside (NR) and berberine (BBR) in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma undergoing stable topical hypotensive therapy. We have included a narrative review in the current literature regarding NAD + biology, AMPK-sirtuin signaling, and oxidative stress responses in retinal ganglion cell (RGC) degeneration."},{"id":"source_15","type":"source","study":"NAD + Enhancer Nicotinamide Riboside Alters Extracellular Purine Metabolism in Human Endothelial Cells","year":2026,"doi":"10.3390/ijms27073267","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms27073267","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Harasim-Krawcewicz 2026","excerpt":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) is essential for maintaining homeostasis in all types of cells, including endothelium, and depletion of its pool can impair bioenergetics and stress response, contributing to cardiovascular disorders. Nicotinamide riboside (NR) effectively restores the intracellular NAD + pool, supporting endothelial integrity, but the molecular mechanisms remain incompletely elucidated, particularly regarding extracellular adenine nucleotide catabolism, purinergic signaling, and their effects on immune cell adhesion. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of NR on intracellular nucleotides, extracellular adenine nucleotide catabolism, and adhesive properties in the cultured murine (H5V) and human (HMEC-1) microvascular endothelial cell line. We demonstrated that NR treatment significantly increased intracellular NAD + concentrations without changes in the energy status of endothelial cells. We also showed that NR treatment accelerated extracellular hydrolysis of ATP and AMP and decreased the rate of adenosine deamination in endothelial cells."},{"id":"source_16","type":"source","study":"From Bench to Clinic: The 2024 FASEB Scientific Research Conference on NAD Metabolism and Signaling","year":2025,"doi":"10.1186/s10020-025-01394-0","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s10020-025-01394-0","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Imai 2025","excerpt":"The 2024 FASEB Scientific Research Conference on NAD Metabolism and Signaling was held in Lisbon, Portugal and served to (1) unite researchers, clinicians, and trainees, (2) create opportunities for early-stage investigators by showcasing their work on an international stage and promote collaborations, (3) train the next generation of scientists in the field, and (4) improve human health by furthering our understanding of NAD + metabolism and signaling. With the burgeoning potential of NAD + as a therapeutic agent for multiple health conditions, as well as many remaining scientific questions about the NAD + metabolome, an expert panel discussion titled \"NAD + Health Outcomes Forum: A Call to Action\" was hosted on Thursday, August 29, 2024. The main objectives were to discuss and translate what is known about NAD + biology into tangible actions and to identify what remains unknown into a research call to action. Given the broad and reaching impact of NAD + on health, there is significant interest in NAD + pathway modulation, including through precursors such as nicotinic acid, nicotinamide (NAM), nicotinamide riboside (NR), and nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN)."},{"id":"source_17","type":"source","study":"Safety and Metabolism of Long-term Administration of NIAGEN (Nicotinamide Riboside Chloride) in a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial of Healthy Overweight Adults","year":2019,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-019-46120-z","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46120-z","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Conze 2019","excerpt":"Nicotinamide riboside (NR) is a newly discovered nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) precursor vitamin. A crystal form of NR chloride termed NIAGEN is generally recognized as safe (GRAS) for use in foods and the subject of two New Dietary Ingredient Notifications for use in dietary supplements. To evaluate the kinetics and dose-dependency of NR oral availability and safety in overweight, but otherwise healthy men and women, an 8-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial was conducted. Consumption of 100, 300 and 1000 mg NR dose-dependently and significantly increased whole blood NAD + (i.e., 22%, 51% and 142%) and other NAD + metabolites within 2 weeks. The increases were maintained throughout the remainder of the study. There were no reports of flushing and no significant differences in adverse events between the NR and placebo-treated groups or between groups at different NR doses. NR also did not elevate low density lipoprotein cholesterol or dysregulate 1-carbon metabolism. Together these data support the development of a tolerable upper intake limit for NR based on human data."},{"id":"source_18","type":"source","study":"Chronic nicotinamide riboside supplementation is well-tolerated and elevates NAD + in healthy middle-aged and older adults","year":2018,"doi":"10.1038/s41467-018-03421-7","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03421-7","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Martens 2018","excerpt":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) has emerged as a critical co-substrate for enzymes involved in the beneficial effects of regular calorie restriction on healthspan. As such, the use of NAD + precursors to augment NAD + bioavailability has been proposed as a strategy for improving cardiovascular and other physiological functions with aging in humans. Here we provide the evidence in a 2 × 6-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover clinical trial that chronic supplementation with the NAD + precursor vitamin, nicotinamide riboside (NR), is well tolerated and effectively stimulates NAD + metabolism in healthy middle-aged and older adults. Our results also provide initial insight into the effects of chronic NR supplementation on physiological function in humans, and suggest that, in particular, future clinical trials should further assess the potential benefits of NR for reducing blood pressure and arterial stiffness in this group."},{"id":"source_19","type":"source","study":"Nicotinamide Riboside Augments the Aged Human Skeletal Muscle NAD + Metabolome and Induces Transcriptomic and Anti-inflammatory Signatures","year":2019,"doi":"10.1016/j.celrep.2019.07.043","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2019.07.043","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Elhassan 2019","excerpt":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) is modulated by conditions of metabolic stress and has been reported to decline with aging in preclinical models, but human data are sparse. Nicotinamide riboside (NR) supplementation ameliorates metabolic dysfunction in rodents. We aimed to establish whether oral NR supplementation in aged participants can increase the skeletal muscle NAD + metabolome and if it can alter muscle mitochondrial bioenergetics. We supplemented 12 aged men with 1 g NR per day for 21 days in a placebo-controlled, randomized, double-blind, crossover trial. Targeted metabolomics showed that NR elevated the muscle NAD + metabolome, evident by increased nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide and nicotinamide clearance products. Muscle RNA sequencing revealed NR-mediated downregulation of energy metabolism and mitochondria pathways, without altering mitochondrial bioenergetics. NR also depressed levels of circulating inflammatory cytokines. 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