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While water-soluble vitamins such as vitamin C and some B vitamins, usually not abundant in milk except vitamin B2, can be partially degraded during pasteurization, fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E and K, found in significant amounts in milk) are more heat stable and suffer minimal loss.
—Joel Komakech, The Conversation, 19 June 2024
While water-soluble vitamins such as vitamin C and some B vitamins, usually not abundant in milk except vitamin B2, can be partially degraded during pasteurization, fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K, found in significant amounts in milk) are more heat stable and suffer minimal loss.
—Juan Silva, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2024
Milk is not a good source of vitamin C or other heat-sensitive vitamins, and pasteurization does little to reduce vitamin B2 or riboflavin, which is not as sensitive to heat.
—Joel Komakech, The Conversation, 19 June 2024
One review analyzed how riboflavin (vitamin B2), vitamins B6, B9, and B12, vitamin E, and vitamin C could affect migraines.
—Amanda MacMillan, Health, 26 Feb. 2024
Here is a list of everything that makes the battery work:
Quercetin, a pigment found in almonds and capers, serves as the battery cathode, whereas riboflavin (vitamin B2) makes up the battery anode.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Ars Technica, 9 May 2023
Raw beets also contain plenty of potassium, magnesium, folate, and vitamin B2.
—Andrea Michelson, Verywell Health, 21 Sep. 2023
It’s made up of eight smaller vitamins: thiamine (vitamin B1), riboflavin (vitamin B2), niacin (vitamin B3), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), pyridoxine (vitamin B6), biotin, folic acid, and cobalamins (vitamin B12).
—Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 30 June 2023
Here is a list of everything that makes the battery work: Quercetin, a pigment found in almonds and capers, serves as the battery cathode, whereas riboflavin (vitamin B2) makes up the battery anode.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Ars Technica, 9 May 2023
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1928, in the meaning defined above
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“Vitamin B2.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vitamin%20B2. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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