Vitamin B5

Last revised by Daniel J Bell ◉ on 2 Aug 2021

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Citation:

Hacking C, Bell D, Vitamin B5. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 23 Sep 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-50106

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-50106

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/50106

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50106

Article created:

19 Dec 2016, Craig Hacking ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Craig Hacking had no recorded disclosures.

Last revised:

2 Aug 2021, Daniel J Bell ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Daniel J Bell had no recorded disclosures.

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Pathology

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Vitamin B₅ (pantothenic acid) is a water-soluble vitamin, part of the vitamin B complex, that is required to synthesize coenzyme A, a very important coenzyme in many cellular metabolic reactions.

Vitamin B₅ deficiency (hypovitaminosis B₅) is extremely rare.

There is no evidence of any deleterious effects from megadoses of pantothenic acid.