Abstract: | A review is given of the latest advances on the chemical synthesis and isolation of natural pantothenic acid, including bioprecursors of CoA. The value of the individual sections of the CoA molecule for the manifestation of coenzyme activity is discussed. Vitaminy Scientific-Industrial Association, Moscow. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 477–492, July–August, 1988. |