Riboflavin / Vitamin B2 (83-88-5)

Riboflavin, wanda kuma aka sani da bitamin B₂, bitamin ne da ake samu a abinci kuma ana sayar da shi azaman kari.[3]Yana da mahimmanci ga samuwar manyan coenzymes guda biyu, flavin mononucleotide da flavin adenine dinucleotide.Wadannan coenzymes suna da hannu a cikin makamashi metabolism, respiration na salula, da kuma samar da antibody, kazalika da al'ada girma da ci gaba.Hakanan ana buƙatar coenzymes don haɓakar niacin, bitamin B₆, da kuma folate.An wajabta Riboflavin don magance bakin ciki, kuma a sha da baki, yana iya rage yawan ciwon kai a cikin manya.

Karancin Riboflavin yana da wuya kuma yawanci yana tare da rashi na sauran bitamin da abubuwan gina jiki.Ana iya hana shi ko magani ta hanyar kari na baka ko ta allurai.A matsayin bitamin mai narkewa da ruwa, duk wani riboflavin da aka cinye fiye da buƙatun abinci mai gina jiki ba a adana shi;ko dai ba a tsotse shi ba ko kuma a tsotse shi kuma a fitar da shi da sauri a cikin fitsari, yana sa fitsari ya sami launin rawaya mai haske.Tushen riboflavin na halitta sun haɗa da nama, kifi da tsuntsaye, qwai, kayan kiwo, kayan lambu kore, namomin kaza, da almonds.Wasu ƙasashe suna buƙatar ƙarinta ga hatsi.