DEXPANTHENOL 5% TOPICAL CREAM 20 GM

DEXAPANTHENOL-CONTAINING CREAMS HAVE BEEN WIDELY USED FOR TREATMENT OF LESIONS (SUPERFICIAL WOUNDS) OF THE SKIN AND MUCOUS MEMBRANES. DEXAPANTHENOL IS CONVERTED IN TISSUES TO PANTOTHENIC ACID A COMPONENT OF COENZYME A. COENZYME A CATALYSES EARLY STEPS IN THE SYNTHESIS OF FATTY ACIDS AND SPHINGOLIPIDS WHICH ARE OF CRUCIAL IMPORTANCE FOR STRATUM CORNEUM LIPID BILAYERS AND CELL MEMBRANE INTEGRITY.