Definition of Pantothenate

1. Noun. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of pantothenic acid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pantothenate

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Pantothenate

1. A salt or ester of pantothenic acid. Pantothenate synthetase, an enzyme that converts pantoate and beta-alanine to pantothenate with cleavage of ATP to AMP and PPi; a key step in coenzyme A biosynthesis. Synonym: pantoate-activating enzyme. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pantothenate

pantonal
pantonine
pantons
pantophagist
pantophagists
pantophagous
pantophagy
pantophobia
pantopoda
pantoporate
pantoprazole
pantos
pantoscopic
pantoscopic spectacles
pantothen
pantothenate (current term)
pantothenate permease
pantothenates
pantothenic
pantothenic acid
pantothenyl
pantothenyl alcohol
pantoum
pantoums
pantoyl
pantoyl lactone dehydrogenase
pantoyltaurine
pantries
pantrophic
pantropic

Literary usage of Pantothenate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Code of Federal Regulations: Parts 170 to 199 Revised as of April 1, 2005 by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"Commercial calcium pantothenate is prepared synthetically from ... (b) Calcium pantothenate meets the specifications of the Food Chemicals Codex, ..."

2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... D-biotin—0.01, calciferol—0.1, Ca-pantothenate—0.01, choline chloride—0.5, ... o-calcium pantothenate—1.0, choline chloride—1.0, folic acid—1.0, ..."

3. Getting Off the Hook: Treatment of Drug Addiction and Social Disorders by Jurriaan Plesman (1986)
"In fact, this combination in the form of calcium pantothenate makes an ideal sleeping agent for many people. If we consider that vitamins cannot be looked ..."

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