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NAUNYN-SCHMIEDEBERGS ARCHIVES OF PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 394, Issue 11, Pages 2197-2222Publisher
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DOI: 10.1007/s00210-021-02161-8
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Coenzyme Q10; Alzheimer's disease; Parkinson's disease; Huntington's disease; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Friedreich's ataxia; Autism; Multiple sclerosis; Epilepsy; Depression; Bipolar disorder
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Coenzyme Q10 is a lipid molecule with electron transport and antioxidant functions, beneficial for treating mitochondrial and neurodegenerative diseases. In clinical practice, CoQ10 is used for various brain disorders including Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
Coenzyme Q10 (ubiquinone or CoQ10) is a lipid molecule that acts as an electron mobile carrier of the electron transport chain and also contains antioxidant properties. Supplementation of CoQ10 has been very useful to treat mitochondrial diseases. CoQ10 along with its synthetic analogue, idebenone, is used largely to treat various neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Friedreich's ataxia and additional brain disease condition like autism, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, depression, and bipolar disorder, which are related to mitochondrial impairment. In this article, we have reviewed numerous physiological functions of CoQ10 and the rationale for its use in clinical practice in different brain disorders.
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