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CoQ10

Vitamins

This Form of CoQ10 Found Far Superior to One Typically Being Sold

Middle-aged mice given ubiquinol, the reduced form of CoQ10, for 6 or 14 months showed slower age-related changes in liver, heart, brain and kidney than mice given ubiquinone. Researchers credit better bioavailability and a stronger effect on gene expression.

Vitamins

Could Coenzyme Q10 boost breast cancer risk?

In a case-control study of 160 postmenopausal women with breast cancer and 289 matched controls, those with the highest plasma coenzyme Q10 were more than twice as likely to be diagnosed. The authors caution that high levels may reflect supplement use rather than cause the risk.

Oct 15, 2010

Obesity

CoQ10 Found to Fight Obesity

Mice fed a high-fat, high-fructose diet plus coenzyme Q10 had lower inflammatory and metabolic stress markers in their livers than mice on the diet alone, according to a Biochemical Pharmacology study suggesting CoQ10 may protect against or slow fatty liver linked to obesity.

Dec 10, 2009

Vitamins

CoQ10 prevents pre-eclampsia in pregnant women

In an Ecuadorian placebo-controlled trial, pregnant women took 200 mg of CoQ10 daily from 20 weeks' gestation; pre-eclampsia occurred in 14 percent of them against 25.6 percent on placebo. Researchers say more study is needed to explain how the antioxidant helps.

Apr 4, 2009

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