Riboflavin powder, RF, also known as vitamin B2, is a water-soluble B vitamin.
It is also an essential trace nutrient for the human body and must be obtained through exogenous food or nutritional supplements. Our company's riboflavin meets USP and BP standards.
The average daily requirement of riboflavin for healthy adults is 0.3~1.8 mg.
The synthesis methods of riboflavin include full chemical synthesis, chemical semi-synthesis and microbial fermentation, and microbial fermentation is currently the best production method for riboflavin.
Riboflavin has a wide range of physiological functions and is listed by the WHO as one of the indicators for assessing human growth, development and nutritional status.
Items | Specification | Results |
Appearance | Orange yellow crystalline powder | Meets |
Identification | Positive | Meets |
Acidity or Alkalinity | check the color of the test solution after adding the respective solutions | Meets |
Lumiflavin | ≤0.025 (USP) ≤0.025%(EP/BP) | 0.003 <0.025% |
Absorbance | 0.31-0.33 A373nm/A267nm 0.36-0.39 A444nm/A267nm by Spectrophotometric analysis | 0.32 0.38 |
Particla Size | 95% passes through 80 mesh sieve | Meets |
Specific Rotation | Between-115º and -135º (EP/BP/USP) | -120º(USP) -126º(BP/EP) |
Loss on Drying | ≤1.5% | 0.3% |
Heavy Metals | <10ppm | <10ppm |
Residue on Ignition/ Sulphated Ash | ≤0.3% (USP) ≤0.1%(EP/BP) | 0.1% |
Organic Volatile Impurities | Method IV <467> (USP) | Meets |
Assay(ondried basis) | 98.0%-102.0% (USP) 97.0%-103.0% (EP/BP) | 98.3%(USP) 98.6%(BP/EP) |
It has the following physiological functions:
To sum up, B2 is involved in metabolism and performs well in energy metabolism, vision health, and nervous system function.
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