CoQ10 is well known for its benefits in antioxidant protection against free radicals, which often cause oxidative damage at a cellular level when the molecule that is with an unpaired electron tries to balance its structure by gaining or losing one. CoQ10 has the unique ability to accept or donate an electron without becoming a free radical itself. Therefore, it neutralizes free radicals and the oxidative damage that results. Additionally, CoQ10 can inhibit certain enzymes that are involved in the formation of these harmful free radicals.

Although its antioxidant activity is great, CoQ10 has been most researched for its role in cardiovascular disorders. Orally supplementing CoQ10 is an effective way of treating many cardiovascular disorders including angina Read more »

James Duke served on the U.S. Department of Agriculture for some three decades and has lived with numerous primitive peoples and worked on assignments that related to crop diversification, medicinal plants, and energy plant studies in many developing countries. His online botanical database is one of the most widely consulted databases in the world. He believes that one of the keys is to combine herbs. Instead of using just one, even if it is as good as garlic, research has been quite clear in proving that mixtures of antifungal herbs almost always work better than just one single herb alone. The synergy created when antifungal herbs work together has been demonstrated in numerous studies. In a test of ten plant species whose Read more »