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Review
. 2020 Mar;19(2):574-594.
doi: 10.1111/1541-4337.12539. Epub 2020 Feb 19.

Coenzyme Q10 supplementation: Efficacy, safety, and formulation challenges

Marta Arenas-Jal  1 , J M Suñé-Negre  1 , Encarna García-Montoya  1
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Review

Coenzyme Q10 supplementation: Efficacy, safety, and formulation challenges

Marta Arenas-Jal et al. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf. 2020 Mar.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: bioactive compound; coenzyme Q10; dietary supplements; efficacy; food safety.

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