Riboflavin: Chemical name: Vitamin B2 Assay: 98.0-102.0% Appearance: Yellow or orange yellow crystalline powder Molecular formula: C17H20N4O6 Molecular weight: 376.36 Structural formula: |
Riboflavin is the essential necessity for organism in normal living as the nutriment for infant, pregnant woman nursing mother, patient after illness and the aged. It involves and participates in the metabolishm of carbonhydrate, protein and fat, and is the major composition of flavorprotein, the transferring enzyme system of hydrogen, In clinical practice, it is applicable to perleche, glossitis, ophthalmitis, conjunctivitis, ceborrhea, scrotum inflammations with proper effect.