| Coenzyme Q10 is an oil-soluble substance with | | | | Coenzyme Q10 is finds place in the membranes |
| vitamin-like properties. The substance is contained | | | | of several organelles and the primary role of this |
| in most types of eukaryotic cells and is a primary | | | | substance is to generate energy in the cells. The |
| substance present in mitochondria. it is an | | | | highest concentration of CoQ10 is in the inner |
| important ingredient in the electron transport chain | | | | membrane of mitochondrion. CoQ10 is present in |
| and is useful in several important biological | | | | a lesser amount in some of the following |
| activities like aerobic cellular respiration and ATP | | | | organelles: |
| generation. These comprise 90 percent of energy | | | | · Endoplasmic reticulum |
| generation in the human body | | | | · Peroxisomes |
| Discovery | | | | · Lysosomes |
| Coenzyme Q is pronounced like Coke U-10. | | | | · Vesicles |
| Professor Andrew L. Crane and his colleagues at | | | | Levels of Coenzyme Q10 in the body |
| the University of Wisconsin-Madison Enzyme | | | | The production of Coenzyme Q10 takes place |
| Institute were the first to discover the substance | | | | within the human body itself and comes of use in |
| back in the year 1957. In 1958, Dr. Karl Folkers | | | | the basic functioning of body cells. However, the |
| and coworkers at Merck came up with the | | | | levels of these substances go down as one ages. |
| chemical structure of the substance. | | | | Also patients with the following chronic diseases |
| Alternative Names | | | | can have low levels of CoQ10: |
| · Ubiquinone | | | | · Heart conditions |
| · Ubidecarenone | | | | · Muscular dystrophies |
| · Coenzyme Q | | | | · Parkinson's disease |
| Abbreviated Forms | | | | · Cancer |
| · CoQ10 | | | | · Diabetes |
| · CoQ | | | | · HIV/AIDS |
| · Q10 | | | | Several medical drugs have also been found to |
| · Q | | | | lower the levels of CoQ10 in the human body. |
| Chemical Composition | | | | Taking in of CoQ10 supplements externally, can |
| Coenzyme Q10 is chemically 1,4-benzoquinone, | | | | again boost in the levels of the substance in the |
| where Q is referred to the chemical group - | | | | body, although it is still under research if |
| quinone and 10 is referred to the chemical | | | | replacement of "low CoQ10" is actually beneficial |
| subunits of isoprenyl. | | | | or not. |
| Biochemical role | | | | |