Human Nutrition 3(3+0)

Lesson 28 : Pantothenic Acid

Physiological Functions

• Pantothenic acid exits in animal and human tissues in the form of

• coenzyme A (CoA)
• Helps in the release of energy from fat
  


• Essential for the growth of infants and children and also for different animals and birds.


• Chicks fed on a diet deficient in this vitamin suffer from a specific dermatitis.


• Pantothenic acid deficiency interferes with the hatching of eggs in the hen.