FLAVIN - Definition

Pronunciation:		'fleyvin
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] a ketone that forms the nucleus of certain natural yellow pigments like riboflavin

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	See Also:	hepatoflavin, ketone, lactoflavin, ovoflavin, riboflavin, vitamin B2, vitamin G

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Fla"vin\, n. [L. flavus yellow.] (Chem.) A yellow, vegetable dyestuff, resembling quercitron.

Biology Dictionary

	Definition:	A derivative of riboflavin (<A HREF=/search/dict-search.phtml?title=vitamin>vitamin B2) which can exist as a chemical group of other important biomolecules such as flavin adenine dinucleotide or flavin mononucleotide.