BulkSupplements Pure Para-AminoBenzoic Acid (PABA) Powder (250 grams)

Description

Para-aminobenzoic acid (also called PABA) is a type of amino acid which is not related to proteins and can be found naturally in a number of different places. It can be found in large stores from such sources as eggs, rice, spinach, molasses, and wheat germ. This amino acid is imbued with the capability of absorbing harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun making it a perfect ingredient for commercial sunscreens. However, this is not its only purpose in the body. PABA is so nutritious that it was once considered a vitamin unto itself due to the fact that it can serve as a provitamin to several types of bacteria. Due to the fact that the human body cannot manufacture folate through use of PABA (something which all other elements classified as vitamins can do) it was found that this should not actually be considered a vitamin. This does not make it any less important though, as it was also determined that PABA remains essential in the metabolic process. Para-aminobenzoic acid is even referred to as vitamin Bx informally despite the fact that it is not classified as either a vitamin or a nutrient with essential properties. It is called this because it is included in the family of the vitamin B complex, but is not, itself, part of the normal vitamin B chain. It is merely a constituent of folacin.