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February 6, 2006
The Discovery of CoQ10 Amazing Healing Power
Dr. Frederick Crane, the so-called Father of CoQ10 research, discovered CoQ10 at the University of Wisconsin in 1953. Crane initially assumed that the substance was related to the A vitamins, but later realized it was something altogether different. He continued to conduct research on the substance and in 1957 found it in the mitochondria of cow heart muscle.
In 1958, biochemist Karl Folkers, Ph.D., director of the Institute for Biomedical Research at the University of Texas at Austin, and researchers at a pharmaceutical company identified the chemical structure of CoQ10, and soon developed a way to synthesize it. At the time, scientists did not appreciate the significance of their discovery. Since CoQ10 was a natural substance, it could not be patented, and it was expensive to produce. The pharmaceutical company sold the technology for the production of CoQ10 to Japanese researchers.
During the late 1950s and 1960s, Japanese researchers experimented with CoQ10 and its role in the body. They soon discovered that CoQ10 was effective in the treatment of congestive heart failure, a condition that does not respond well to traditional treatments. Western researchers paid little attention to this CoQ10 breakthrough. They believed the answer to heart disease was open heart surgery and other surgical solutions, rather than a simple nutritional supplement.
Researchers also found that CoQ10 is a powerful antioxidant. Antioxidants help the body neutralize free radicals in the cells. Free radical damage contributes to a range of diseases and medical problems, including heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, arthritis, and more problems associated with aging. Free radicals are one of the metabolic byproducts of energy production in the cells. CoQ10 appears to protect the cells and the mitochondria by cleaning up these free radicals before they can damage the cells. Now, even Western researchers appreciate the importance of CoQ10 in both energy production and the health of the cells.
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Posted by james at February 6, 2006 7:24 AM