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Vitamin B5
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Vitamin B5.
The coenzyme A connection.

Coenzyme A · Metabolism

The everyday food connectionB5 in familiar plant foods.Mushrooms are one of many foods containing pantothenic acid.

Vitamin B5 helps the body make coenzyme A, a molecule used to process food and build other substances. This article explains how B5 works, where it occurs in food and how whole mangosteen pericarp is prepared for our capsules.

B5Pantothenic acid
A water-soluble B vitamin

01 · Begin with the essentials

What Does Vitamin B5 Become?

The body uses vitamin B5, also called pantothenic acid, to make coenzyme A. Usually shortened to CoA, this molecule helps many reactions involving carbohydrates, fats and proteins.⁽¹⁾

02 · From a vitamin to a carrier

Coenzyme A Carries Materials Between Reactions

Think of CoA as a carrier. It moves small chemical groups from one reaction to another, helping cells break down fuel or build the substances they need.⁽¹⁾

01B5

Build CoA.

Pantothenic acid is used to make the coenzyme.

02CoA

Carry groups.

CoA picks up and passes along chemical groups, including those called acetyl groups.

Support reactions.

Other reactions use those groups to process fuel or make new materials.

A simplified overview of B5’s role.⁽¹⁾

03 · What does vitamin B5 do?

Cells Use Energy.
They Build, Too.

Conceptual mitochondrion with folded inner membranes illustrating cellular energy processes

Helps use energy from food.

Through CoA, B5 helps cells use energy stored in food. The vitamin itself supplies no calories.⁽¹⁾

Conceptual lipid membrane and droplets illustrating fatty-acid metabolism

Build and break down fats.

CoA participates in fatty-acid synthesis and breakdown, alongside many other normal cellular reactions.⁽¹⁾

Nutrition in focus

Dietary B5 and Inflammation Research

A study followed 908 South Korean adults aged 40 and older. People with higher dietary B5 intake later had lower levels of C-reactive protein, or CRP, a blood marker of inflammation. This was an association in a diet study; it does not show that B5 caused the difference or that a supplement would have the same effect.⁽²⁾

B5 occurs across a wide range of everyday foods.

04 · A vitamin found across the diet

A Vitamin Found in Many Foods

Pantothenic acid takes its name from a Greek word meaning “from everywhere.” It occurs in many foods, so deficiency is uncommon in people eating a varied diet.⁽¹⁾

Mushrooms

Shiitake and white mushrooms

Avocado

A plant food containing B5

Eggs

One of many animal-food sources

Whole grains

Oats, brown rice and wholegrain bread

Other sources include meat, poultry, milk and some fortified foods. Amounts vary by food and preparation.⁽¹⁾

Natural Home Cures mangosteen capsule bottle and fresh fruit on sunlit limestone

05 · The whole-pericarp perspective

Whole Mangosteen Pericarp, Freeze-Dried

Natural Home Cures Freeze-Dried Rich Pericarp Mangosteen Capsules use the pericarp—the thick outer rind—of Garcinia mangostana.

After harvest, the pericarp is freeze-dried and prepared for capsules as a whole botanical ingredient.

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The research behind this article

Source References

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Nutrition referencePantothenic Acid: Fact Sheet for Health Professionals.
National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements.
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National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements. Pantothenic Acid: Fact Sheet for Health Professionals.
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Nutrition researchJung et al. (2017): The long-term relationship between dietary pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) intake and C-reactive protein concentration in adults aged 40 years and older
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