Tag Archive for 'Vitamin B2'

Left: schematic of vitamin-driven lithium-ion battery showing the direction of lithium-ion diffusion under charging and discharging conditions. Right: photograph of a red LED powered by the battery. Image credit: Tyler B. Schon et al.

Canadian Scientists Develop Vitamin-Driven Battery

Aug 4, 2016 by News Staff

A team of researchers at the University of Toronto, Canada, has created a battery that stores energy in a biologically derived unit. The team’s paper...

According to the new study published in the FASEB Journal, riboflavin may mitigate the toxic effects of cyanide; the inset shows riboflavin powder (Fraser B et al / Patrícia R / CC BY-SA 3

Riboflavin May Be Antidote to Cyanide Poisoning, Suggests Zebrafish Study

May 24, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

U.S. researchers studying zebrafish have found that riboflavin, also known as vitamin B2, may mitigate the toxic effects of cyanide. Zebrafish. The inset...