Some provitamins are:
* "Provitamin A" is a name for β-carotene, which has only about 1/6 the biological activity of retinol (vitamin A); the body uses an enzyme to convert β-carotene to retinol. In other contexts, both β-carotene and retinol are simply considered to be different forms (vitamers) of vitamin A.
* "Provitamin B5" is a name for panthenol, which may be converted in the body to vitamin B (pantothenic acid).
* Menadione is a synthetic provitamin of vitamin K.
* Provitamin D is ergosterol, and provitamin D is 7-dehydrocholesterol. They are converted by UV light into vitamin D. The human body produces provitamin D naturally; deficiency is usually caused by a lack of sun exposure, not a lack of the provitamin.