Re: Re: Question on Provitamin B5 - Correction!

[Guest guest]

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It can be a bit confusing. Take a look at my next post: DL Panthenol and see

if that addresses this well enough for you. A few readings of the BASF brochure

really help to clarify this issue.

One " activity " level is important for labeling purposes -- depending on how much

you used, D-panthenol might appear higher up on your label than would

DL-panthenol. Ditto the difference between DL-Panthenol 50% Liquid and

DL-Panthenol powder which is 100% DL-Pathenol.

The other " activity " has to do with its level of use on the body. It is the

same for hair, but different for skin. BASF sells a 75% active and a 50% active

DL-Panthenol solution, but really makes no differentiation in usage levels

between the two. But, they also recommend the D-Panthenol for use in skin care

because it is 100% active physiologically vs. the 50% activity of the

DL-Panthenol form.

Confused yet? <g>

Jen

Re: Question on Provitamin B5 - Correction!

Thank you, Jen, for taking your time to research the differences in

Panthenol for me.

I do have one more question. When you say 100% active and 50% active,

do you mean that the 50% active has half the strength of the 100%

active? In other words, would I have to use twice as much panthenol

when using the 50% active compared to the 100% active?

Stradley

What's Cooking America

http://whatscookingamerica.net.

> There are errors in the stated levels of DL-Panthenol noted below.

>

> # 2 DL-Panthenol is a powder that is 100% active.

> # 3 DL-Panthenol is a 1:1 ratio of dl-panthenol to water that is

50% active.

>

> Those references have been corrected below.

>

> Sorry for the confusion!

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