Drug Summary

  Drug name:  riboflavin
  Chemical name:  Riboflavine
  Formula:  C₁₇H₂₀N₄O_{6  Weight:   376.3639
  CAS no:  83-88-5
  DrugBank link:  DB00140
  Description:  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. [PubChem]
  Indication:  For the treatment of ariboflavinosis (vitamin B2 deficiency).}