Herschel K. Mitchell

Pantothenic and Hydroxypantothenic Acids in Animal Nutrition

Summary Rats maintained on a basal sucrose diet supplemented with vitamin B1, riboflavin, vitamin B6, choline, nicotinic acid, vitamin C., vitamin K, halibut liver oil, alpha tocopherol, and linseed oil exhibit a definite growth response following the addition of synthetic Na pantothenate or hydroxypantothenic acid. The growth response is greater in rats receiving Na pantothenate than it is in rats receiving hydroxypantothenic acid, indicating that Na hydroxy pantothenate is an incomplete substitute for Na pantothenate. Thanks are due Research Corporation, New York, for a grant from the Williams-Waterman Fund for the Combat of Dietary Diseases in support of the animal work.