How will Coenzyme q 10 help me?

Question

Hi what will Coenzymeq10 do for me? I am interested in protecting my heart, because I have been getting some skipping of beats. However I wouldn't want to take it if there is a side effect. Thanks.

Answer 1

i know what coenzyme Q is but not CoQ10????, but i guess it's similar kind of thing. CoQ is part of the electron transport chains in the mitochondrial membrane that provides energy from oxidative phosphorylation, it's bascially an temporal electron carrier that finally two electrons are transferred to oxygen, the energy release from oxidation reaction is coupled with the increase extra mitochondrial hydrogen ion concentration. when hydrogen ions re-enters the mitochondrial matrix via ATP synthase, ATP is produced.

keeping it simple, your heart utilise fatty acid as a main source of energy, and the way to get energy out of fatty acid in the body is by oxidative phosphorylation hence you will need a funciontal eletron transport chain, by taking CoQ you could boost the number of mitochondria in your myocytes thus making it more enrergy sufficient but i really don't see the point why you should take it if your heart is not failling, or failing but not due to energy utilisation but some other causes ^^ best wishes

Answer 2

Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ 10) or ubiquinone is essentially a vitamin or vitamin-like substance. Disagreements on nomenclature notwithstanding, vitamins are defined as organic compounds essential in minute amounts for normal body function acting as coenzymes or precursors to coenzymes. They are present naturally in foods and sometimes are also synthesized in the body. CoQ10 likewise is found in small amounts in a wide variety of foods and is synthesized in all tissues. The biosynthesis of CoQ10 from the amino acid tyrosine is a multistage process requiring at least eight vitamins and several trace elements. Coenzymes are cofactors upon which the comparatively large and complex enzymes absolutely depend for their function. Coenzyme Q10 is the coenzyme for at least three mitochondrial enzymes as well as enzymes in other parts of the cell. Mitochondrial enzymes of the oxidative phosphorylation pathway are essential for the production of the high-energy phosphate, adenosine triphosphate , upon which all cellular functions depend. The electron and proton transfer functions of the quinone ring are of fundamental importance to all life forms; ubiquinone in the mitochondria of animals, plastoquinone in the chloroplast of plants, and menaquinone in bacteria. The term "bioenergetics" has been used to describe the field of biochemistry looking specifically at cellular energy production. In the related field of free radical chemistry, CoQ10 has been studied in its reduced form as a potent antioxidant.