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Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (Nampt) converts nicotinamide into nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN), which is subsequently converted to NAD⁺ by NMN adenyltransferase. Cancer cells commonly have an unusually high rate of NAD⁺ turnover, suggesting that inhibition of Nampt might selectively target cancer cells. GPP 78 is a potent inhibitor of Nampt (IC₅₀ = 3 nM). It induces cell death in the neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y with an IC₅₀ value of 3.8 nM through a process that appears to involve autophagy.

ChEBI: N-(2-phenylphenyl)-8-[4-(3-pyridinyl)-1-triazolyl]octanamide is a member of biphenyls.