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Benefits Of Idebenone In Anti-aging Skin Care Products
Did you know that one of the most active ingredients in the best anti-aging skin care products are antioxidants? It is true, although we may have considered that anti-oxidants are an important dietary supplement, used to slowing down the process of aging, while keeping our appearance healthy and youthful.
Did you know that one of the most active ingredients in the best anti-aging skin care products are antioxidants? It is true, although we may have considered that anti-oxidants are an important dietary supplement, used to slowing down the process of aging, while keeping our appearance healthy and youthful.
Antioxidants, which includes Catechin Polyphenols from green tea extracts and a fat-soluble Vitamin C called Ascorbyl Palmitate, have been used in anti-aging skin serums and creams as ingredients, but the most potent of the six leading antioxidants is Idebenone.
From the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, in a study done by a group of researchers who developed the first ever protocol to compare the efficacy of antioxidants on their effects on preventing free-radical skin-damage, Idebenone received a score of 95 out of a 100, which was the highest score among the six leading antioxidants.
Coenzyme Q10 or Co Q10 is a naturally occurring enzyme; Idebenone is a man-made analogue of this natural body product. Co Q10 is an essential antioxidant component of fatty or lipid membranes that surround every cell. Co Q10 also surrounds other little organs or organelles, such as microsomes and mitochondria, which are the inside cells. Idebenone is a synthetic cell energizer and it works by producing the needed energy for the reproduction of cells.
However, Idebenone is different from Coenzyme Q10 in one very important way. During a hypoxic (low oxygen) condition, CoQ10 can switch function from an anti-oxidizing to an auto-oxidizing process. This auto-oxidation rapidly produces free radicals which damage the tissues of the body. Studies have shown that in such circumstances Idebenone prevents the free radical damage and maintains relatively normal cell ATP levels.
In order to understand how Idebenone provides anti-aging benefits we must read about mitochondrial processes in cells. The mitochondrial power plants produce over 90% of all cellular ATP bioenergy. They are also generally the richest sites in Co Q10 (or Idebenone). Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) allows mitochondria to reproduce themselves.
Over the course of a lifetime our mtDNA becomes ever more damaged, and the mitochondria produced become ever more ineffective in their energy generation. The cells that are most susceptible to mitochondrial energy depletion with advancing age are the brain, skeletal muscle and heart muscle cells. As a result our cells die and various diseases develop in our advanced years.
There are several ways in which Idebenone provides anti-aging benefits. Idebenone, unlike Co Q10, can serve as a powerful mitochondrial free radical fighter during hypoxic conditions, thus decreasing mtDNA damage that occurs with aging. This means that Idebenone is more effective than Co Q10 in keeping the energy production high even in low oxygen conditions.