- Applications:Nutraceuticals & Supplements, Nutrition & Well Being
- Product Families:Supplements & Functional Ingredients, Functional Ingredients, Nutrition & Fortification
- End Uses:Nutraceuticals
Like many vitamins and regulatory factors, PQQ was first recognized as a cofactor (a component essential to enzyme action) in bacteria. It has also been examined as a potent plant growth factor. In humans and animals, PQQ acts in a similar fashion to resveratrol or quercetin (so-called food biofactors) in that it serves as a mimic-signaling molecule important to sustaining cellular functions and mitochondrial action.