Coenzyme Q10 supplementation: Efficacy, safety, and formulation challenges
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World population growth and aging are posing unprecedented challenges in sustaining the health of 9.1 billion people that will be occupying the planet by 2050. Although noncommunicable diseases such as cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, and diabetes are among the top 10 global causes of death, they can be prevented by risk factor reduction, early detection, and adequate treatment. Since a healthy diet along with dietary supplementation could play an important role to reduce morbidity and cut off its associated health care costs, research in the food and nutrition area is required to find solutions to global challenges affecting health. As a result of the healthy living trend, dietary supplements category is growing fast, leading to an urgent need for dietitians, physicians, and policy makers to broaden the scientific evidence on the efficacy and safety of a wide range of active ingredients. Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), as the third most consumed dietary supplement, and as a potential candidate for the treatment of various noncommunicable diseases that are among the global top 10 causes of death, has gained interest over years. Scientific evidence regarding mainly CoQ10 efficacy and safety, as well as formulation challenges, is addressed in this review.
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CoQ10 has a fundamental function in mitochondrial bioenergetics because of its powerful antioxidant activity.
“Arenas-Jal et al. (2020) and Botelho et al. (2020) mentioned that CoQ10 has a fundamental function in bioenergetics of mitochondria because of its powerful antioxidant activity.”
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Section 2 (Overview of CoQ10; page not provided) describes CoQ10 as an antioxidant and says it plays an essential role in ATP synthesis through its participation in the mitochondrial electron transport chain and oxidative phosphorylation. It does not say that its bioenergetic role is because of its antioxidant activity; it presents these as distinct functions. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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- Authors
- Arenas‐Jal, M., Suñé‐Negre, J. M., & García‐Montoya, E.
- Affiliations
- Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
- Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences University of Barcelona Barcelona Spain
- Corresponding author
- Arenas‐Jal, Marta
- Venue
- Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2020-02-19
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 574-594
- ISSN
- 1541-4337 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3006824993
- Cited by
- 239
- References
- 154
- Citations by year
- 2026: 37 · 2025: 50 · 2024: 58 · 2023: 42 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 4 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 2.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona) (submittedVersion, public-domain)
- Funders
- Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (2015DI021)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Biochemistry › Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutrition and Health Studies
- Keywords
- coenzyme Q10, dietary supplementation, supplement efficacy, supplement safety, supplement formulation, non-communicable diseases, cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes mellitus, population aging
- MeSH terms
- Antioxidants, Humans, Ubiquinone, Dietary Supplements
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