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  2. Astrophel and Stella - Wikipedia

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    Probably composed in the 1580s, Philip Sidney's Astrophil and Stella is an English sonnet sequence containing 108 sonnets and 11 songs. The name derives from the two Greek words, 'aster' (star) and 'phil' (lover), and the Latin word 'stella' meaning star. Thus Astrophil is the star lover, and Stella is his star.

  3. Sonnet sequence - Wikipedia

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    Sir Philip Sidney, Astrophel and Stella (1591), 108 sonnets and 11 songs thought to be addressed to Lady Rich, written between 1580 and 1584. Edmund Spenser, Amoretti (1594), 89 sonnets and an epithalamion addressed to his wife, Elizabeth. Samuel Daniel, Delia (1592), 50 sonnets.

  4. Nicotinic acid - Wikipedia

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    There are two forms: immediate-release and sustained-release niacin. Initial prescription amounts are 500 mg/day, increased over time until a therapeutic effect is achieved. Immediate-release doses can be as high as 3,000 mg/day; sustained-release as high as 2,000 mg/day. [12]

  5. Astrophel - Wikipedia

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    Astrophel may refer to: Astrophel and Stella, a poem by Philip Sidney; Astrophel (Edmund Spenser), a poem by Edmund Spenser This page was last edited on 9 ...

  6. Megavitamin therapy - Wikipedia

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    Niacin is available as a prescription product, either immediate release (500 mg tablets; prescribed up to 3,000 mg/day) or extended release (500 and 1,000 mg tablets; prescribed up to 2,000 mg/day). In the US, niacin is also available as a dietary supplement at 500 to 1,000 mg/tablet. Niacin has sometimes been used in combination with other ...

  7. Vitamin B3 - Wikipedia

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    Example of a label showing the amount of niacin (Vitamin B3), and specifying to be niacinamide in the ingredient section.. The United States Government adopted the terms niacin and niacinamide in 1942 as alternate names for nicotinic acid and nicotinamide, respectively, and encouraged their use in nontechnical contexts to avoid the public’s confusing them with the nearly unrelated (and toxic ...

  8. Penelope Blount, Countess of Devonshire - Wikipedia

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    Penelope is traditionally thought to have inspired Philip Sidney's sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella (sometimes spelt Astrophil and Stella). Likely composed in the 1580s, it is the first of the famous English sonnet sequences, and contains 108 sonnets and 11 songs. Many of the poems were circulated in manuscript form before the first edition ...

  9. Niacin (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Niacin refers to the vitamers of vitamin B 3. Niacin may also refer to: Niacin, portmanteau of nicotinic acid vitamin, one of the vitamin B 3 vitamers;