Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An uncommon name for
riboflavin , also calledvitamin B2 .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss
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Examples
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"The beautiful yellow pigments" turned out to be riboflavin, although Kuhn called it both lactoflavin and ovoflavin because they had first abstracted it from milk and egg whites.
Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double Bonds and Biological Mechanisms 2010
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The chemical composition of both ovoflavin and lactoflavin proved to be virtually identical.
Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double Bonds and Biological Mechanisms 2010
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