All About Vitamins: Vitamin B5(pantothenic acid) and Oral Contraceptive

By Kyle J. Norton.

Vitamin B5 is also known as pantothenic acid, played an important role in the forming of co-enzyme A and critical in the metabolism and synthesis of carbohydrates, proteins and fat. Vitamin B5 has a chemical structure formula of C9H17NO5.

Women, using oral contraceptives agents may have a profound effect in reduced pantothenic acid levels during menstrual cycle, a study by renowned institute suggested.

In a total of 13 young women, ages 19-25, at the beginning and end of a 12-day confined study. 9 women using (+OCA) oral contraceptives and the other 4 were not (-OCA), entered the metabolic unit during the 1st week of their menstrual cycle and fed a constant formula diet containing 2.0 mg thiamin, 3.0 mg riboflavin, and 10 mg pantothenic acid then from 3-day dietary records, subjects were fed with 1/2 of the thiamin, riboflavin, and pantothenic acid levels, researchers found that in compared to the blood urine collected at the beginning, groups treated with +OCA group showed a significantly lower than the -OCA group.

Dr. Lewis CM, the lead author said, "At the beginning of the study, blood and urine pantothenic acid levels were significantly lower in the +OCA group than the -OCA group. These differences were no longer evident by the end of the study".

The expression showed some effects of oral contraceptive in influence to levels of pantothenic acid, but this effect can be controllable through intake of vitamin B5 rich diet during menstrual cycle.

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Biography
Kyle J. Norton(Scholar, Master of Nutrients), all right reserved.
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published on line, including world wide health, ezine articles, article base, healthblogs, selfgrowth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
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(1) Effect of oral contraceptives agents on thiamin, riboflavin, and pantothenic acid status in young women by Lewis CM, King JC.(PubMed)