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Riboflavin
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Gershoff, Stanley N. Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
Flexser, Leo A. Formerly, Chemical Production Division, Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc., Nutley, New Jersey.
Bennett, Ralph E. Science Information Department, Squibb Institute for Medical Research, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Last reviewed:January 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.588800
Also known as vitamin B2, riboflavin is widely distributed in nature, and is found mostly in milk, egg white, liver, and leafy vegetables. It is a water-soluble yellow-orange fluorescent pigment with the structural formula shown below.
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