I-Pantothenic acid ivithamini encibilika emanzini eyaziwa nangokuthi i-vitamin B5. Kuyisakhi esibalulekile esidingekayo ukuze kusetshenziswe ama-carbohydrate, amaprotheni namafutha. I-Pantothenic acid ibandakanyeka ekuhlanganiseni kwe-coenzyme A (CoA), okuyi-coenzyme ebalulekile ekuphenduleni okuningi kwe-metabolic emzimbeni. Itholakala ekudleni okuningi, okuhlanganisa inyama, inkukhu, inhlanzi, okusanhlamvu, nemifino. Ukuntuleka kwe-Pantothenic acid kuyivelakancane, kodwa kungaholela ezimpawini ezifana nokukhathala, ukuqwasha, kanye nezinkinga zokugaya ukudla.