Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various water-soluble yellow pigments, including riboflavin, found in plant and animal tissue as coenzymes of flavoprotein.
- noun A ketone, C10H6N4O2, that gives color to various natural yellow pigments.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A yellow dyestuff prepared by the action of sulphuric acid on quercitron-bark.
- noun A bright yellow crystalline compound, C13H12ON2. Also called 2,2′ -diaminobenzophenone. It melts at 135° C.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A yellow, vegetable dyestuff, resembling quercitron.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry Any of a class of
tricyclic heterocyclic compounds derived fromriboflavin ; found especially as theadenine dinucleotide (FAD)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a ketone that forms the nucleus of certain natural yellow pigments like riboflavin
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Examples
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The chemical reaction discovered by the researchers uses an enzyme called flavin-dependent thymidylate synthase, or FDTS.
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The chemical reaction discovered by the researchers uses an enzyme called flavin-dependent thymidylate synthase, or FDTS.
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The chemical reaction discovered by the researchers uses an enzyme called flavin-dependent thymidylate synthase, or FDTS.
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The chemical reaction discovered by the researchers uses an enzyme called flavin-dependent thymidylate synthase, or FDTS.
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Obviously, everyone talks about the whole Prince motif on the cover, with the outfit, and the bike, and the flavin.
DC Comics Sneak Peek: Batman and Robin #6 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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György initially asked Kuhn to isolate vitamin B2 from the livers of rats upon which he had been experimenting, but they quickly expanded their efforts, purifying flavin pigments from plants and animal materials.
Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double Bonds and Biological Mechanisms 2010
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From the beginning, Kuhn assumed a fixed relationship between vitamin B2 and the flavins his assistants had isolated, especially after correlating the sensitivity of B2 to specific wavelengths of light and the absorption patterns of the flavin pigments.
Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double Bonds and Biological Mechanisms 2010
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In addition to producing lactic acid, lactobacilli also have the ability to produce hydrogen peroxide through oxidation of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) by flavin nucleotide, which reacts rapidly with gaseous oxygen.
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His persistent studies of biological oxidation led to the recognition of the catalytic function of the C4-dicarboxylic acids, the discovery of «cytoflav» (flavin) and a recognition of the biological activity and probable vitamin nature of flavanone
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Add 6 oz. fustic or 1 oz. flavin to cutch bath, re-enter cotton.
Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer Ethel M. Mairet
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