Essential Vitamins & Minerals Vitamin B5 08 of 33
Vitamin B5
AKA: Pantothenic Acid
EM DR: 4 mg to 7 mg
The Greek term pan in pantothenic acid means "everywhere" indicating this vitamins abundance. Along with other B vitamins, pantothenic acid is required for converting food to energy; building red blood cells; making bile; and synthesizing fats, adrenal gland steroids, antibodies, and acetylcoline and other neuro transmitters-chemicals that permit nerve transmission. Pantothenic acid in dexpanthenol lotions and creams relieves the pain of burns, cuts, and abrasions; reduces skin inflammation; and speeds wound healing.
Vitamin B5 is abundant in organ meats, dark turkey meat, salmon, wheat bran, brewer's yeast, brown rice, lentils, nuts, beans, corn, peas, sweet potatoes, and eggs. Excess pantothenic acid may cause diarrhea. A deficiency in this vitamin does not seem to occur naturally in humans and is likely only with extreme starvation. A pantothenic acid supplement, calcium pantothenate, is available.
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