Product Review

Coenzyme Q10 is a substance known as a quinone, which is essential in providing energy to the body at a cellular level. It was first found in 1957, and nicknamed ubiquinone by the researchers that discovered it due to the fact that it was found in every cell in the body, and the word ubi means everywhere. Even though mitochondria are the actual cellular bodies responsible for producing energy, quinones are the water insoluble substances responsible for stimulating the mitochondria into working in the first place. Coenzyme Q10 is specifically responsible for synthesizing adenosine triphosphate, a molecule which acts as the major energy source for each individual cell. It does this by jump starting many different biological processes including increased rate of protein production as well as muscle contraction. It is this adenosine triphosphate, coming from coenzyme Q10, which is directly responsible for acting as a coenzyme for mitochondrial enzyme complexes, thus creating energy for the cell. In addition to acting indirectly as an energy source for every cell in the body, it also can provide services as an antioxidant in neutralizing harmful free radicals. Past age thirty though, the amount of coenzyme Q10 in the body begins a sharp decline which causes the body to be more susceptible to damage from these harmful molecules. Coenzyme Q10 works an immune system strengthener, and as a coenzyme for various other types of enzymes which provide many different services for the body at a cellular level.