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Definition of "lactoflavin" []

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "lactoflavin" in a sentence
  • "The chemical composition of both ovoflavin and lactoflavin proved to be virtually identical."
  • ""The beautiful yellow pigments" turned out to be riboflavin, although Kuhn called it both lactoflavin and ovoflavin because they had first abstracted it from milk and egg whites."
  • "Fortunately, they soon discovered a breakdown product of lactoflavin, called lumiflavin, which they were able to crystallize."
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