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Biological Factors > Pigments, Biological > Flavins > Riboflavin
Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring > Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring > Flavins > Riboflavin
... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring > Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring > Pteridines > Flavins > Riboflavin
Enzymes and Coenzymes > Coenzymes > Flavins > Riboflavin

Preferred term

Riboflavin  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Vitamin B 2
  • Vitamin B2
  • Vitamin G

Scope note

  • Nutritional factor found in milk, eggs, malted barley, liver, kidney, heart, and leafy vegetables. The richest natural source is yeast. It occurs in the free form only in the retina of the eye, in whey, and in urine; its principal forms in tissues and cells are as FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE and FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE.

In other languages

  • riboflaviini

    Finnish

  • B2-vitamiini
  • riboflavinum
  • vitamiini B2
  • Riboflavin

    Swedish

  • B2-vitamin
  • G-vitamin
  • Vitamin B2
  • Vitamin G

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012256

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