REVIEW article
Front. Pharmacol.
Sec. Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Pharmacology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fphar.2025.1587627
This article is part of the Research TopicReviews in Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Pharmacology: 2024View all 11 articles
Vitamin B5 and vitamin U review: Justification of combined use for the treatment of mucosa-associated gastrointestinal pathologies
Provisionally accepted
- Aktipharm LLC, Kyiv, Ukraine
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Inflammatory and erosive lesions of the gastrointestinal mucosa encompass many conditions presenting significant challenges to public health worldwide. Amidst the quest for effective treatments, the attention of researchers has turned towards the potential therapeutic impact of bioactive nutrients, notably vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) and vitamin U (S-methylmethionine). This review delves into the current understanding of the impact of these vitamins on the gastrointestinal system, analyzing their mechanisms of action and giving clinical evidence of the effectiveness of the combined application of these vitamins in the management of erosive gastrointestinal diseases.
Keywords: Vitamin B5, Vitamin U, Pantothenic Acid, S-Methylmethionine, Gastrointestinal mucosa, Inflammation, Erosive lesions
Received: 04 Mar 2025; Accepted: 06 May 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Shichkin. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Valentin P. Shichkin, Aktipharm LLC, Kyiv, Ukraine
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