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Descriptor English: Riboflavin
Descriptor Spanish: Riboflavina
Descriptor riboflavina
Entry term(s) vitamina B 2
vitamina B2
vitamina G
Scope note: Factor nutricional que se encuentra en la leche, huevos, cebada, hígado, riñón, corazón y hojas de hortalizas. La fuente natural más rica en ella es la levadura. Se presenta en forma libre sólo en la retina ocular, en el suero de la leche y en la orina; sus principañes formas en los tejidos y células son como MONONUCLEÓTIDO DE FLAVINA y FLAVINA-ADENINA DINUCLEÓTIDO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Riboflavina
Descriptor French: Riboflavine
Entry term(s): Vitamin B 2
Vitamin B2
Vitamin G
Tree number(s): D03.633.100.733.315.650
D03.633.300.507.650
D08.211.474.650
D23.767.405.650
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012256
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.
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PH physiology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Entry Combination: deficiency:Riboflavin Deficiency
Pharm Action: Vitamin B Complex
Photosensitizing Agents
Registry Number: TLM2976OFR
DeCS ID: 12665
Unique ID: D012256
NLM Classification: QU 191
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/31
Riboflavin - Preferred
Concept UI M0019064
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.
Preferred term Riboflavin
Entry term(s) Vitamin B 2
Vitamin B2
Vitamin G



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