Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "riboflavin" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RIBOFLAVIN

From ribose + flavin.
info
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp
section

PRONUNCIATION OF RIBOFLAVIN

riboflavin  [ˌraɪbəʊˈfleɪvɪn] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RIBOFLAVIN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Riboflavin is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RIBOFLAVIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

riboflavin

Riboflavin

Riboflavin, also known as vitamin B2 and is the vitamin formerly known as G, is an easily absorbed colored micronutrient with a key role in maintaining health in humans and other animals. It is the central component of the cofactors FAD and FMN, and is therefore required by all flavoproteins. As such, vitamin B2 is required for a wide variety of cellular processes. It plays a key role in energy metabolism, and for the metabolism of fats, ketone bodies, carbohydrates, and proteins. Milk, cheese, leaf vegetables, liver, kidneys, legumes, yeast, mushrooms, and almonds are good sources of vitamin B2. The name "riboflavin" comes from "ribose" and "flavin", the ring-moiety which imparts the yellow color to the oxidized molecule. The reduced form, which occurs in metabolism along with the oxidized form, is colorless. Riboflavin is best known visually as the vitamin which imparts the orange color to solid B-vitamin preparations, the yellow color to vitamin supplement solutions, and the unusual fluorescent-yellow color to the urine of persons who supplement with high-dose B-complex preparations.

Definition of riboflavin in the English dictionary

The definition of riboflavin in the dictionary is a yellow water-soluble vitamin of the B complex that occurs in green vegetables, germinating seeds, and in milk, fish, egg yolk, liver, and kidney. It is essential for the carbohydrate metabolism of cells. It is used as a permitted food colour, yellow or orange-yellow. Formula: C17H20N4O6 Also: vitamin B2, lactoflavin.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RIBOFLAVIN


acriflavin
ˌækrɪˈfleɪvɪn
acriflavine
ˌækrɪˈfleɪvɪn
alevin
ˈælɪvɪn
alvine
ˈælvɪn
Angevin
ˈændʒɪvɪn
bavin
ˈbævɪn
Calvin
ˈkælvɪn
cave-in
ˈkeɪvɪn
covin
ˈkʌvɪn
flavin
ˈfleɪvɪn
flavine
ˈfleɪvɪn
Irvine
ˈɜːvɪn
kelvin
ˈkɛlvɪn
lactoflavin
ˌlæktəʊˈfleɪvɪn
levin
ˈlɛvɪn
Previn
ˈprɛvɪn
ravin
ˈrævɪn
riboflavine
ˌraɪbəʊˈfleɪvɪn
savin
ˈsævɪn
trypaflavine
ˌtrɪpəˈfleɪvɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RIBOFLAVIN

ribcage
Ribera
ribeye
ribgrass
ribibe
ribier
ribless
riblet
riblike
riboflavine
ribonuclease
ribonucleic acid
ribonucleoside
ribonucleotide
ribose
ribosomal
ribosomal RNA
ribosome
ribozymal
ribozyme

WORDS THAT END LIKE RIBOFLAVIN

bog spavin
bony spavin
Cervin
coq au vin
griseofulvin
knee spavin
mavin
Mont Cervin
Mordvin
replevin
spavin
tastevin

Synonyms and antonyms of riboflavin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «riboflavin» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF RIBOFLAVIN

Find out the translation of riboflavin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of riboflavin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «riboflavin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

核黄素
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

riboflavina
570 millions of speakers

English

riboflavin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

राइबोफ्लेविन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الريبوفلافين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рибофлавин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

riboflavina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রিয়াল মাদ্রিদ ফুটবল ক্লাব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

riboflavine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Riboflavin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Riboflavin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

リボフラビン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

리보플라빈
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Riboflavin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

riboflavin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ரிபோப்லாவின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जीवनसत्व बीजारोपण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

b 2 vitamini
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

riboflavina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ryboflawina
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рибофлавін
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

riboflavina
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ριβοφλαβίνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

riboflavien
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

riboflavin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

riboflavin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of riboflavin

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RIBOFLAVIN»

The term «riboflavin» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.871 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Quite widely used
80
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «riboflavin» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of riboflavin
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «riboflavin».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RIBOFLAVIN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «riboflavin» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «riboflavin» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about riboflavin

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RIBOFLAVIN»

Discover the use of riboflavin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to riboflavin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism
Only small amounts of riboflavin are lost in the feces. Fecal riboflavin metabolites arise from the catabolism of riboflavin by intestinal bacteria. Unlike that of other vitamins, the urinary excretion of riboflavin is often noticeable within a couple of ...
Sareen Gropper, Jack Smith, 2012
2
Vitamin Analysis for the Health and Food Sciences, Second ...
analysis is initiated with acid hydrolysis by HCl or H2SO4 to convert coenzyme forms into free riboflavin. These procedures either duplicate or closely follow procedures recommended for the chemical or microbiological assay procedures.
Ronald R. Eitenmiller, W. O. Landen, Jr, Lin Ye, 2007
3
Nutrition in Pediatrics: Basic Science, Clinical Applications
After ingestion. the riboflavin coenzyme derivatives are hydrolyzed to riboflavin in the brush border of enterocytes and absorbed in the proximal small intestine by an active, saturable, and carrier-mediated transport system.214 At high intakes, ...
Christopher Duggan, John B. Watkins, W. Allan Walker, 2008
4
Dietary Reference Intakes for Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, ...
Adequate Intakes (AIs). These are used instead of RDAs when an EAR cannot be calculated. Both the RDA and the AI may be used as goals for individual intake. Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (ULs).
A Report of the Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes and its Panel on Folate, Other B Vitamins, and Choline and Subcommittee on Upper Reference Levels of Nutrients, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, 2000
5
Vitamins In Foods: Analysis, Bioavailability, and Stability
1 Appearance and Solubility Riboflavin crystallizes in the form of yellow to orange-yellow needles with an mp of about 280CC. The compound is odorless and has an unpleasant bitter taste. In neutral aqueous solution, riboflavin exhibits a ...
George F.M. Ball, 2005
6
Herb, Nutrient, and Drug Interactions: Clinical Implications ...
Individuals in particular groups tend to be especially at risk for riboflavin deficiency, including chronic heavy alcohol use, people with chronic illnesses ( especially chronic liver disease), patients with severe burns or sickle cell anemia, patients ...
Mitchell Bebel Stargrove, Jonathan Treasure, Dwight L. McKee, 2008
7
Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats
RIBOFLAVIN Most of the riboflavin in foods occurs in the coenzyme form of flavin mononucleotide (FMN), as flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD), or as flavins covalently bound to proteins generally at the 8-a-methyl position of the isoallox- azine ...
Committee on Animal Nutrition, Subcommittee on Dog and Cat Nutrition, National Research Council, 2006
8
Nutrition
H FADH2 Riboflavin Remainder of coenzyme 94 g dietary protein – –——30g protein in excess of. The riboflavin portion of the coenzyme FAD can accept two hydrogens and their electrons... Riboflavin Remainder of coenzyme FAD H ...and  ...
Paul Insel, Don Ross, Kimberley McMahon, 2010
9
Laboratory Tests for the Assessment of Nutritional Status, ...
riboflavin in the urine and increase the erythrocyte glutathione reductase activity coefficient."" Oral contraceptive use did not influence riboflavin status.70'88 When riboflavin is withdrawn from the diet, the urinary excretion of riboflavin promptly ...
Howerde E. Sauberlich, 1999
10
Handbook of Nutrition and Food, Second Edition
The clinical features of human riboflavin deficiency are not unique compared with the specificity of some aspects of vitamin C deficiency such as scurvy. The earliest symptoms of riboflavin deficiency include weakness and fatigue, mouth pain, ...
Carolyn D. Berdanier, Johanna T. Dwyer, Elaine B. Feldman, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RIBOFLAVIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term riboflavin is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Research and Markets: Global and Chinese Riboflavin Tetrabutyrate …
Market Research Report on Global and Chinese Riboflavin Tetrabutyrate Industry, 2010-2020 is a professional and in-depth market survey on Global and ... «Business Wire, Apr 15»
2
Research and Markets: Global and Chinese Riboflavin Market …
Market Research Report on Global and Chinese Riboflavin Industry, 2009-2019 is a professional and in-depth market survey on Global and Chinese Riboflavin ... «Business Wire, Mar 15»
3
FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Approval for Avedro's …
Avedro's KXL System, used in combination with riboflavin ophthalmic solutions, ... and certain riboflavin ophthalmic solutions for those indications, if approved. «Business Wire, Feb 15»
4
FDA panel recommends approval of riboflavin, UV for keratoconus …
“I would actually hope that the FDA would approve cross-linking based on the available data and to approve riboflavin and UV for any manufacturer that uses ... «Healio, Feb 15»
5
Avedro Announces Date for FDA Advisory Committee Meeting
Our KXL System, used in combination with riboflavin ophthalmic solutions, received orphan drug designation for both keratoconus and ectasia following ... «Business Wire, Feb 15»
6
Chlorophyll, not riboflavin, main cause of 'sun light flavour' in milk …
Photosensitive riboflavin (vitamin B2), which oxidises when exposed to blue or violet light, has long been blamed for "sun light flavour" in milk - a taste Nofima ... «DairyReporter.com, Jan 15»
7
7 health benefits of vitamin B2 or riboflavin
Vitamin B2 or riboflavin is among the least discussed vitamins, probably because not many people suffer from its deficiency. However, B2 is one of the most ... «TheHealthSite, Dec 14»
8
Why Did Vitamins Disappear From Non-GMO Breakfast Cereal?
Four vitamins that previously had been added to Grape-Nuts — vitamins A, D, B-12 and B-2 (also known as riboflavin) — were gone. Riboflavin vanished from ... «NPR, Dec 14»
9
Riboflavin's Role in Nutritional Supplements: 8 Ways It Helps
When it comes to nutritional supplements, riboflavin's role is significant. Riboflavin, or B2, is essential to energy production and maintaining healthy levels of iron ... «Newsmax.com, Oct 14»
10
Avedro resubmits NDA for riboflavin, corneal cross-linking system
Avedro announced the resubmission of its New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the riboflavin ophthalmic solution/KXL system. «Healio, Oct 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Riboflavin [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/riboflavin>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z