Category:
Vitamin
CAS NO:
83-88-5
Standard:
USP,BP,
Product description:
1) Specification: BP/USP
2) CAS No.: 83-88-5
3) Appearance:Orange yellow crystalline powder
4)Function: Vitamin B2, also known as riboflavin, is an easily absorbed micronutrient with a key role in maintaining health in humans and animals. It is the central component of the cofactors FAD and FMN, and is required by all flavoproteins . As such, vitamin B2 is required for a wide variety of cellular processes. Like the other B vitamins, it plays a key role in energy metabolism, and for the metabolism of fats, ketone bodies, carbohydrates, and proteins.
Quality standard:
| Test Items | Specifications | Results |
| Appearance | Orange yellow crystalline powder | Meets |
| Identification | Positive | Meets |
| Acidity or Alkalinity | check the color of the test solution after adding the respective solutions | Meets |
| Lumiflavin | Absorbance of the filtrate at 440nm does not exceed 0.025(USP);not more intense than BY6(EP/BP | 0.009 Meets |
| Absorbance | 0.31-0.33 A373nm/A267nm 0.36-0.39 A444nm/A267nm | 0.32 ,0.38 |
| Particla Size | 100% passes through 80 mesh sieve | Meets |
| Specific Rotation | between-115° and 135° (EP/BP/USP) | -127° |
| Loss on drying | ≤1.5% | 0.4% |
| Heavy Metals | <10ppm | Meets |
| Residue on Ignition | ≤0.3%(USP) ≤0.1%(EP/BP) | 0.1% |
| Residual Solvents | Method IV <467> (USP) | Meets |
| Assay(on dried basis) | 98.0%-102.0%(USP) 97.0%-103.0%(EP/BP ) | 100.4% |