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Coenzyme Q10 supplementation: Efficacy, safety, and formulation challenges

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Arenas‐Jal, Marta, Suñé‐Negre, J. M., García‐Montoya, Encarna·2020·Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

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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.

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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
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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