title: Riboflavin interactions with oxygen-a survey from the photochemical perspective.
abstract: In this short review we provide some insights to the main processes that riboflavin is involved in upon absorption of a photon. We describe riboflavin properties in its interactions with oxygen, comparing them to the properties of some other singlet oxygen sensitizers. Data are provided on riboflavin photosensitizing properties in vivo and in vitro, and its properties as an endogenous singlet oxygen sensitizer are discussed. We additionally report flavin catalytic role in organic synthesis and photochemical reactivity in solutions of riboflavin and some of its derivatives.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Umultowska 89b, 61-614 Poznań (Poland), Fax: (+48) 61 829 1555. inka@amu.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Insińska-Rak
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sikorski
mesh_terms: D004337:Drug Carriers / Q000737:chemistry; D005486:Flavin Mononucleotide / Q000737:chemistry; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D011789:Quantum Theory; D012256:Riboflavin / Q000737:chemistry*; D026082:Singlet Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004337:Drug Carriers; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D026082:Singlet Oxygen; D005486:Flavin Mononucleotide; D010100:Oxygen; D012256:Riboflavin
keywords: photochemistry; riboflavins; singlet oxygen