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According to a news brief at Nutraingredients.com, the market for the antioxidant CoQ10 is about to soar. A US CoQ10 supplier predicts double-digits growth in 2008. According to the company's estimates, around 170 metric tons of Co-enzyme Q10 were sold in the US in 2007.
CoQ10 is a powerful antioxidant, which plays a vital role in the production of chemical energy in mitochondria - the 'power plants' of the cell - by participating in the production of adenosince triphosphate (ATP), the body's co-called 'energy currency'.
It has been studied for its role in cognitive health, heart health, and anti-ageing (in oral and topical formulations).
Historically the CoQ10 market has been dominated by four Japanese players with the capacity to supply multi-ton quantities of the ingredient, three of which produce CoQ10 through a fermentation process, with one through organic synthesis.
