Vitamin B2

Riboflavin, also known as vitamin B2, plays a crucial role in the body as part of the coenzymes – riboflavin 5-phosphate (FMN) and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD). These coenzymes are important for redox reactions and energy production in the respiratory chain. The IntroLab laboratory offers a comprehensive vitamin B2 analysis. Our reliable Vračar laboratory will help you determine the level of this important vitamin to improve your health!

Where is riboflavin (B2) found?

Vitamin B2 can be found in foods such as yeast, peas, beans, liver, kidneys, heart, and raw milk. It is important to note that daily riboflavin needs vary depending on age, activity level, pregnancy, and breastfeeding.

Vitamin B2 analysis: What do deficiency and excess entail?

A riboflavin deficiency can occur due to inadequate intake or poor absorption. Dietary deficiency of this vitamin (known as ariboflavinosis) can manifest through symptoms such as sore throat, lesions on the lips, angular stomatitis, tongue cracks, corneal vascularization, seborrheic dermatitis (red, scaly, greasy patches on the nose, eyelids, scrotum, and lips), and normocytic, normochromic anemia. Severe riboflavin deficiency can affect the conversion of vitamin B6 into its coenzyme, as well as the conversion of tryptophan into niacin. For this reason, vitamin B2 analysis is considered one of the essential B-group vitamin analyses.

Riboflavin has a low toxicity level, and no cases of toxicity in humans have been recorded. Since riboflavin is poorly absorbed and rapidly excreted through urine, increased riboflavin intake usually does not pose a health risk.