Abstract
There was no difference between the effects of injection of pantothenic acid (PaA), pantethine (PaSS) or CoA on the hepatic CoA content in PaA deficient rats. The decreased content of CoA in homopantothenic acid administered or protein deficient rat liver was recoverd by the injection of PaA, PaSS or CoA. The recovering effects of PaSS and CoA were almost same and were greater than that of PaA. Therefore, it is suggested that pantetheine seems to be the most likely compound to penetrate into the liver cell.
