As the enzyme coenzyme involved in energy metabolism reactions, electron transfer and redox reactions, support intracellular antioxidant systems, auxiliary use of folic acid to help normal blood cell proliferation, maintain healthy skin and promote tissue repair.
Diet deficient in vitamin B2 will affect protein, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in the heat of the generation process, will also affect the in vivo antioxidant system, so that increased oxidative stress. Further hinder severe lack of vitamin B2 utilize other nutrients, reducing the activation of vitamin B6, reduce tryptophan into niacin to reduce iron absorption, improve blood homocysteine concentration and so on.
The lack of visible damage occurs mainly in the tongue in the mouth, eyes, skin and reproductive organs, warning the internal organization may have the same injury.
Skin damage include: redness, scaly, oily rash, seborrheic dermatitis (seborrheic dermatitis) sebaceous secretions accumulate in the hair follicles, etc., take place in between the nose and mouth, nose, ears, eyelids, scrotum, labia majora, etc. Site. Wound healing. Eye symptoms: rare, including corneal angiogenesis and additional congestion, epithelial keratinocytes, raw tears, photophobia.
Other inflammatory conditions: angular cheilitis make skin whitening mouth, ulcers, inflammation, cracking; cheilitis so inflamed lips cracked scabs; glossitis so inflamed tongue. Vitamin B2-rich foods categories are: dairy products, whole grains, nuts, eggs, liver and other organs. Vitamin B2 by light in aqueous solution is easy to destroy, so the liquid dairy products should be installed in an opaque plastic or paper containers, to avoid the light. Not to use transparent glass bottles and jars. Vitamin B2 in alkaline aqueous solution is easy to heat and destroy, so should not add soda or baking soda ingredients when cooking food in order to retain the