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DL-panthenol
Sign in to savePanthenol (also called pantothenol) is the alcohol analog of pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), and is thus a provitamin of B5. In organisms, it is quickly oxidized to pantothenic acid. It is a viscous transparent liquid at room temperature. Panthenol is used in pharmaceutical and children's products as a moisturizer and to hasten wound healing.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C9H19NO4
- Molecular weight
- 205.25 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2,4-dihydroxy-N-(3-hydroxypropyl)-3,3-dimethylbutanamide
- SMILES
- CC(C)(CO)C(C(=O)NCCCO)O
- InChIKey
- SNPLKNRPJHDVJA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -0.9
- Polar surface area
- 89.8 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 4
- H-bond acceptors
- 4
- Formal charge
- 0
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- Adverse effects
- Pharmacology
- Physical and chemical properties
- Stereochemistry
- References
Panthenol (also called pantothenol) is the alcohol analog of pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), and is thus a provitamin of B5. In organisms, it is quickly oxidized to pantothenic acid. It is a viscous transparent liquid at room temperature. Panthenol is used in pharmaceutical and children's products as a moisturizer and to hasten wound healing.
==Adverse effects== Panthenol is generally well-tolerated. In rare cases, skin irritation causing contact dermatitis and contact allergies have been reported.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “DL-panthenol” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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