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Chapter 3. Thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, pantothenic acid and biotin |
 | | Conversion of riboflavin to flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and further to the predominant flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) occurs before these flavins form complexes with numerous flavoprotein dehydrogenases and oxidases. |
| | Indicators used to estimate riboflavin requirements are urinary flavin excretion, erythrocyte glutathione reductase activity coefficient, and erythrocyte flavin. |
| | Erythrocyte flavin is mainly a measure of FMN and riboflavin after hydrolysis of labile FAD and HPLC separation. |
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