BACKGROUND Parkinson disease (PD) is a degenerative neurological disorder for which no treatment has been shown to slow the progression. OBJECTIVE To determine whether a range of dosages of coenzyme Q10 is safe and well tolerated and could slow the functional decline in PD. DESIGN Multicenter, randomized, parallel-group, placebo-controlled, double-blind, dosage-ranging trial. SETTING Acad...

OBJECTIVE Overproduction of reactive oxygen species results in oxidative stress, a deleterious process that damages cell structure as well as lipids, proteins, and DNA. Oxidative stress plays a major role in various human diseases, such as oligoasthenozoospermia syndrome. MATERIALS AND METHODS We evaluated the effectiveness of antioxidant co-supplementation therapy using vitamin C, vitamin E,...

Further to our experiment which suggested that lovastatin treatment leads to a larger decrease of ubiquinone levels in rat tissues than pravastatin, we undertook to confirm this finding in the hypercholesterolemic hamster, a model that mimics the cholesterol regulatory mechanisms in humans. In view of the proposed antioxidant role of ubiquinone, we also tested the hypothesis that ubiquinone lev...

The effects of coenzyme Q10 (Co Q10) on potassium ion release, membrane potential and fluidity of rabbit red blood cells were studied. Co Q10 inhibited the increased potassium ion release induced by cetylamine or lysolecithin from the cells. Co Q10 slightly decreased the membrane potential monitored by changes in fluorescence intensity of cyanine dye, 3,3'-dipropyl-2,2'-thiodicarbocyanine iodid...

Coenzyme Q10 (ubiquinone) is a mitochondrial coenzyme which is essential for the production of ATP. Being at the core of cellular energy processes it assumes importance in cells with high energy requirements like the cardiac cells which are extremely sensitive to CoQ10 deficiency produced by cardiac diseases. CoQ10 has thus a potential role for prevention and treatment of heart ailments by impr...