- racemic calcium pantothenate
- [USP] a mixture of the calcium salts of the dextrorotatory and levorotatory isomers of pantothenic acid, with a physiological activity about half that of calcium pantothenate.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
racemic calcium pantothenate
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