Riboflavin

Riboflavin belongs to the vitamin-B family and contains a pentose side chain ribitol.

Riboflavin has been used:

• to check the role of riboflavin diet in rats
• as a supplement in HECM-6 medium (hamster embryo culture medium)
• as a supplement in the bacterial basal media

Riboflavin is a key component of the redox cofactors flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) and flavin mononucleotide (FMN) that are used by a wide variety of flavoprotein oxidoreductases, dehydrogenase(s), decarboxylase(s) and electron transporters. Riboflavin is involved in various cellular processes, including β oxidation in lipid metabolism, glucose metabolism, protection from cellular oxidative injury, DNA and RNA metabolism, gluconeogenesis, erythropoiesis and generation of corticosteroids.[1] Riboflavin deficiency causes ariboflavinosis with symptoms such as sore throat, hyperemia, edema of oral and mucous membranes, cheilosis and glossitis.