31st Aug 2011
BioActive Q10 helps keep your gums healthy
Filed under: Company News,Product Information,Research
Taking supplements of Ubiquinol, the active form of coenzyme Q10, significantly reduces plaque adhesion and bleeding gums, a Japanese study shows.
Japanese researchers from Nihon University School of Dentistry confirmed the effects of Ubiquinol, the reduced form of coenzyme Q10, in improving oral health in a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Ubiquinol is commonly known as active Q10, since this form of the substance is the one used in the energy production of the cells (ATP).
Forty five volunteers with mild to middle degree of periodontal disease (37 men, 8 women, average age: 39.4 years old) were given ubiquinol (150 mg/day) or placebo for 2 months. Plaque adhesion, pocket depth, bleeding, gingival recession, foul breath and antioxidative activity in saliva were examined before and after one and two months of supplementation.
As a result, after two months of supplementation, statistically significant improvements in plaque adhesion and bleeding by probing were observed in the ubiquinol group. A tendency to increase saliva antioxidant activity was also observed in the ubiquinol group and the members of this group also had less foul breath.
Ref. The results were presented at “The 63rd Meeting of the Vitamin Society of Japan” held in Hiroshima on June 4th and 5th, 2011.
What is peridontal disease?
Periodontal disease (pyorrhea alveolaris) is an inflammatory disease caused by periodontal bacteria living in plaque, and it is known that oxidative stress in saliva is increased by periodontal disease. The degree of periodontal disease is evaluated by measuring periodontal pocket depth, bleeding, gingival recession, foul breath, etc.
Q10 facts
Coenzyme Q10 is a vital component in th energy production of the cells. There are two forms of coenzyme Q10 – oxidized coenzyme Q10 (ubiquinone) and reduced (ubiquinol) coenzyme Q10. Coenzyme Q10 is converted from one form to the other inside the body. The active form is available as BioActive Q10 Uniquinol.
Coenzyme Q10 is found in food, but the human body is also able to synthesize it.
Our endogenous coenzyme Q10 synthesis declines from our mid-twenties
A study showed that 65% of those who were unable to feel the effect of using ubiquinone observed an effect when they shifted to ubiquinol.