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MeSH Heading: Riboflavin
Tree Number(s): D03.633.100.733.315.650; D03.633.300.507.650; D08.211.474.650; D23.767.405.650
Unique ID: D012256
RDF Unique Identifier: http://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.
Entry Term(s): Vitamin B 2; Vitamin B2; Vitamin G
Pharm Action: Vitamin B Complex
Photosensitizing Agents
Related Numbers: 83-88-5
NLM Classification #: QU 191
Entry Combination: deficiency:Riboflavin Deficiency
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/31

Entry Combination: deficiency:Riboflavin Deficiency
Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analogs & derivatives (AA)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0019064
Related Numbers: 83-88-5
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.
Terms: Riboflavin Preferred Term
Term UI T036408
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Vitamin B 2
Term UI T036409
Date07/01/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Vitamin G
Term UI T036410
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Vitamin B2
Term UI T036411
Date07/05/1988
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID

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