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• flavin
  flavin

  noun

  a complex heterocyclic ketone that is common to the nonprotein part of several important yellow enzymes, the flavoproteins.
• -flavin
  -flavin

  a combining form occurring in compound words which denote natural derivatives of flavin.

flavin

¹ American  

[fley-vin] / ˈfleɪ vɪn /

noun

Biochemistry.

1. a complex heterocyclic ketone that is common to the nonprotein part of several important yellow enzymes, the flavoproteins.

2. quercetin.

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-flavin ² American  

1. a combining form occurring in compound words which denote natural derivatives of flavin.

   riboflavin.

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flavin British  

/ ˈfleɪvɪn /

noun

1. a heterocyclic ketone that forms the nucleus of certain natural yellow pigments, such as riboflavin. Formula: C 10 H 6 N 4 O 2 See flavoprotein

2. any yellow pigment based on flavin

3. another name for quercetin

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Etymology

Origin of flavin

First recorded in 1850–55; flav- + -in ²