On Curative Doses of Pantothenic Acid Derivatives on Pantothenic Acid Defficiency

Microbic Decomposition of Pantothenic Acid.

The metabolism of pantothenic acid.

The formulation of this pathway was based on: (a) the finding that cysteine supplies the sulfur-containing moiety of CoA (3,4); (b) the activities of pantetheine and pantothenylcysteine as growth factors for Acetobacter suboxydans (4-6) and Lactobacillus helveticus (7); (c) the presence of enzymes in these two organisms and also in Lactobacillus bulgur&s which decarboxylate pantothenylcysteine ...

The Effects of Pantothenic Acid on Respiratory Activity

Experiments using the Warburg-Barcroft apparatus led to the following results and conclusions: (1) Two yeasts in three different media were strikingly stimulated in their respiration by minute amounts of pantothenic acid. (2) Nine other compounds (vitamins and other biologically important substances) were tested and found in all cases to have on the deficient G.M. yeast, lesser and in some case...

Antagonism of L(-)pantothenic acid on lipid metabolism in animals.

The inhibition rate of L(-)pantothenate as an antagonist of D(+)pantothenate was discussed from the viewpoint of growth and lipid metabolism. The growth rate of mice given pantothenate-deficient diets containing L(-)pantothenate (300 mg per 100g diet) was markedly decreased, and such pantothenate-deficient symptoms as "spectacle eyes" appeared. However, it was recovered by the simultaneous addi...

Effects of pantothenic acid on testicular function in male rats.

Pantothenic acid (PaA) is a water-soluble vitamin required to sustain various physiological functions in animals. The physiological roles of PaA on testicular function, in particular, testicular endocrinology and sperm mortility, were investigated in rats. Male rats at 3 weeks of age were fed a PaA-free diet or a 0.0016% PaA diet (control) for 7 weeks. Total body weight, as well as the weights ...