ovoflavin Biochem.
(əʊvəʊˈfleɪvɪn)
[a. G. ovoflavin (R. Kuhn et al. 1933, in Ber. d. Deut. Chem. Ges. LXVI. 318): see ovo- and flavin 2.]
Riboflavin found in egg-white.
| 1933 Chem. Abstr. XXVII. 3480 The ovoflavin crystallizes from 2N AcOH in brown-orange needles. 1943 [see hepatoflavin s.v. hepato-]. |