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Biochemistry and molecular biology international • 1997 | View Paper
“ Riboflavin is known to generate superoxide anion upon photoillumination and in the presence of Cu(II) causes fragmentation of DNA.”
“Using fluorescence quenching experiments, it is shown that riboflavin binds to protein and causes fragmentation which in the presence of Cu(II) is enhanced.”
Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association • 1993 | View Paper
“The cell membrane permeability of this engineered strain was increased and its riboflavin production (1.45–3.56 μM) was positively correlated to Cu2+ (0–0.5 mM).”