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- noun Plural form of
flavin .
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Examples
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Kuhn's work with polyenes, flavins, vitamins, as well as cumulenes brought him broad recognition and opened the door to a surge of similar biochemical research throughout the world.
Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double Bonds and Biological Mechanisms 2010
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He isolated flavins in yeast, heart muscle, and variety of other plant materials.
Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double Bonds and Biological Mechanisms 2010
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Indeed, in experimental tests with rats, Kuhn's crystallized flavins proved to be the most active preparation of vitamin B2 yet discovered.
Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double Bonds and Biological Mechanisms 2010
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From the beginning, Kuhn assumed a fixed relationship between vitamin B2 and the flavins his assistants had isolated, especially after correlating the sensitivity of B2 to specific wavelengths of light and the absorption patterns of the flavin pigments.
Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double Bonds and Biological Mechanisms 2010
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Determining if the flavins were precursors or the vitamin itself was initially elusive due to difficulties crystallizing the lactoflavin, which hindered the structural analysis.
Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double Bonds and Biological Mechanisms 2010
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Like polyenes, the flavins were characterized by a series of conjugate double bonds, but this time with an attachment of nitrogen.
Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double Bonds and Biological Mechanisms 2010
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Although flavins are widespread pigments in nature, they are only present in extremely small concentrations.
Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double Bonds and Biological Mechanisms 2010
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Possible connections between pigments called flavins and B vitamins had been proposed in the late 1920s, but when Kuhn started his research it was not known if flavins were a vitamin precursor, like carotene, or itself biologically active.
Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double Bonds and Biological Mechanisms 2010
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Chemistry this year in recognition of his researches concerning carotenoids and flavins, and the vitamins A and
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In this way the Academy wishes to express to you her recognition for your brilliant investigations on carotenoids and flavins, as well as on vitamins
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