Derived from the Greek word pántothen, meaning from all quarters, pantothenic acid (C9H17NO5), generally referred to as vitamin B5, is an important factor in metabolic processes, particularly in the Krebs cycle. Historically, it has also been...

A member of the vitamin B family, pantothenic acid functions primarily as part of an enzyme system involved in fat and carbohydrate metabolism. First recognized as a growth factor for yeast in 1933, it was isolated in 1939 by Richard Kuhn in Heidelberg...

Rice bran, molasses and fresh vegetables are rich sources, but it is present in all living tissues. Component of co-enzyme A, and a nutritional factor, often described as a vitamin of the B group. A deficiency syndrome has been described with symptoms...

Pantothenic acid, also called vitamin B5 (a B vitamin), is a water-soluble vitamin required to sustain life (essential nutrient). Pantothenic acid is needed to form coenzyme-A (CoA), and is critical in the metabolism and synthesis of carbohydrates,...

ABSTRACT Juvenile abalone, Haliotis discus hannai Ino, of 0.55 [+ or -] 0.02 g in body weight, and 15.48 [+ or -] 0.31 mm in shell length, were fed with six purified diets containing 0, 9.8, 19.8, 39.7, 79.4, 158.5 mg Ca-pantothenic acid/kg...

Abstract One hundred eighty pigs were used in a 15-wk experiment to determine the effects of supplementing pantothenic acid (PA) to the diet for 49 or 105 d prior to slaughter on growth performance and carcass characteristics. Pigs were blocked by sex and...