Pantothenic acid/ Vitamin B5 79-83-4

Pantothenic acid(D- Pantothenic acid), also called Vitamin B5, is a water-soluble vitamin. Vitamin B5 is almost ubiquitous in food. It exists in all animal and plant cells in free or combined form. Among them, foods rich in vitamin B5 include offal, beef, pork, unrefined grains, beans, nuts, brewer's yeast, royal jelly, mushrooms, green leafy vegetables, etc.

Function of Pantothenic acid/B5

Vitamin B5 is converted into coenzyme A (CoA) or Acyl carrier protein (ACP) in the body to participate in fatty acid metabolism. CoA is a cofactor for more than 70 enzymes in organisms (about 4% of total enzymes), and bacteria also need CoA to build cell walls. In metabolism, CoA mainly plays the function of acyl carrier, participates in sugar, fat, protein and energy metabolism, and can also affect the localization, stability and activity of proteins by modifying proteins. CoA provides 90% of the energy of an organism.

Vitamin B5 is a necessary substance for fatty acid synthesis of steroids; it can also participate in the synthesis of steroid violin, melatonin and heme; it is also an intermediate necessary for metabolism such as citric acid cycle, choline acetylation, and synthesis of antibodies. Therefore, vitamin B5 can act on normal epithelial organs such as nerves, adrenal glands, digestive tract and skin in vivo to improve the resistance of animals to pathogens. Vitamin B5 can also increase glutathione biosynthesis thereby slowing apoptosis and damage. Experiments have shown that vitamin B5 has a good protective effect on cells and rats damaged by lipid peroxidation. Panthenamide reduces cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Vitamin B5 and its derivatives can also reduce the toxic and side effects caused by antibiotics and other drugs, and participate in the absorption and utilization of various nutrients.

1. Vitamin B5 is necessary nutrient substance for brain and nerve.
2. Participate in the producing of energy in the body, and control fat metabolism.
3. Vitamin B5 can Help secretion of anti-stress hormones (steroids) in the body.
4. Vitamin B5 can keep health of the skin and hair.
5. Vitamin B5 help to form cells to maintain normal growth and development of the central nervous system;
6. Maintain the normal function of the adrenal glands;
7. Vitamin B5 is indispensable material when fat and carbohydrates transform into energy;
8. Vitamin B5 is the essential substance in the synthesis of antibodies and using of the p-amino benzoic acid and choline;
9. External use on the skin has hydration function.