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11 Pantothenic Acid
Pages 67-69

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... Most pantothenic acid-deficient laboratory animals exhibit dermatitis, achromotrichia, and nasal porphyrin excretion. Pantothenic acid-deficient poultry exhibit a feathering disorder, fatty livers, and a characteristic dermatitis in the corners of the mouth.
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... Wirtschafter and Walsh (1962) reported liver damage, as measured by lipid deposition and elevated serum glutamic/ oxaloacetate transaminase activities, following the intramuscular injection of 20 mg of sodium pantothenate (about 80 mg/kg of BW)
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... 1962. Hepatocellular lipid changes produced by pantothenic acid excess.
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Key Terms

  • coenzyme forms
  • widely distributed
  • growth factor
  • dietary requirements
  • acyl carrier

  • acyl coa
  • carrier protein
  • coa synthetase
  • amide bond
  • pantoic acid

  • administered orally
  • urinary excretion
  • poultry exhibit
  • fatty livers
  • activated thiol

  • tissues consists
  • microbial growth
  • acid excess
  • antidermatitis factor
  • biochemical role

  • acid consists
  • animals exhibit
  • biological materials
  • daily dietary
  • changes produced

  • thiol esters
  • matic digestion
  • enzymes convert
  • acid deficiency
  • deficiency vary


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