The Basics On Calcium Pantothenate
What is Calcium Pantothenate?
The calcium salt of the water-soluble vitamin B5, and also known as pantothenic acid.
What are other names for Calcium Pantothenate?
(+)-PANTOTHENIC ACID, CALCIUM SALT, (R)-N-(2,4-DIHYDROXY-3,3-DIMETHYL-1-OXYBUTYL)-BETA-ALANINE CALCIUM SALT (2:1), .BETA.-ALANINE, N-[(2R)-2,4-DIHYDROXY-3,3-DIMETHYL-1-OXOBUTYL]-, CALCIUM SALT (2:1), ALANINE, N(2,4DIHYDROXY3,3DIMETHYL1OXOBUTYL), CALCIUM SALT (2:1), (R), B-ALANINE, N-(2,4-DIHYDROXY-3,3-DIMETHYL-1-OXOBUTYL)-, CALCIUM SALT, CALCIUM N-(2,4-DIHYDROXY-3,3-DIMETHYL-1-OXOBUTYL-B -ALANINE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE , D-FORM, CALCIUM SALT (+)-PANTOTHENIC ACID, CALCIUM SALT B-ALANINE, N-(2,4-DIHYDROXY-3,3-DIMETHYL-1-OXOBUTYL)-, CALCIUM SALT VITAMIN B5, N-(2,4-DIHYDROXY-3,3-DIMETHYL-1-OXOBUTYL)- CALCIUM SALT B-ALANINE, and VITAMIN B5, CALCIUM SALT
What is Calcium Pantothenate used for?
Buy Vitamin B5 powder to add to topical creams or serums to help reduce redness and irritation from acne. … Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B5) can reduce the appearance of redness and irritation associated with blemishes.
How Calcium Pantothenate is classified
Vitamins
Recommendations for using Calcium Pantothenate during pregnancy and breastfeeding
Limited data suggests no known risk
Calcium Pantothenate During Pregnancy
What we know about using Calcium Pantothenate while pregnant or breastfeeding
Limited information available.
Two different groups of female albino rats were supplemented with the same vitamin mixture and either 100 µg or 1 mg Calcium Pantothenate after giving birth to their first litter (stock diet for all female rats during first pregnancies) and through the birth of young from their second pregnancies (gestation period not provided).4 The young born from both the first and second pregnancies were normal. No teratogenicity or fetotoxicity were reported. Provided below is a summary of DART studies that are presented in detail in Table 9. DL-Panthenyl Ethyl Ether (up to 1000 mg/kg/day) was administered by gavage to pregnant rats 1x/day on days 6 through 19 of gestation using GLP and in accordance with OECD TG 421; the maternal and developmental NOAELs were reported to be ≥ 1000 mg/kg/day. 6 In different experiments examining the effects of orally administered Calcium Pantothenate (up to 2000 mg/kg) on pregnant rats (details on gestation were not provided) no toxicity, teratogenicity, or fetotoxicity was reported; Calcium Pantothenate was found to cross the placenta.12
General safety info about Calcium Pantothenate from CIR
The Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) Expert Panel assessed the safety of Panthenol, Pantothenic Acid, and 5 derivatives as used in cosmetics. These ingredients named in this report are reported to function in cosmetics as hair conditioning agents, and Panthenol also is reported to function as a skin-conditioning agent-humectant and a solvent. The Panel reviewed relevant data for these ingredients, and concluded that these 7 ingredients are safe in cosmetics in the present practices of use concentration described in this safety assessment.
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Products where you might find Calcium Pantothenate
AGENT NATEUR Holi(c) (0.5 oz.); bareMinerals Original Loose Powder Mineral Foundation Broad Spectrum SPF 15; bareMinerals Matte Loose Powder Mineral Foundation Broad Spectrum SPF 15;Estee Lauder Revitalizing Supreme Global Anti-Aging Creme
List of References
General sources: Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed) [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2006-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK501922/
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