Mitoquinone is based on a novel technology, targeted lipophilic cations, that transport and concentrate antioxidants into the mitochondria -- organelles inside cells that provide energy for life processes -- where they accumulate up to a thousand fold. In 2004, a genomic study of hereditary early-onset Parkinson's disease demonstrated a direct molecular link between mitochondrial dysfunction and the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. Mitochondrial dysfunction also has been shown to represent an early critical event in the pathogenesis of the sporadic form of Parkinson's disease. Clinical studies by the Parkinson's Study Group show that very high doses of an antioxidant called Coenzyme Q (which Mitoquinone effectively targets into mitochondria) appear to slow the progression of Parkinson's disease symptoms.
Investigated for use/treatment in hepatitis (viral, C) and parkinson's disease.
Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States
McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, United States
University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
UConn Health, Farmington, Connecticut, United States
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States
Clinical Translational Research Center, Boulder, Colorado, United States
Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
New Zealand Liver Unit, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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