by Michael Rucker | Jan 16, 2017 | Functional Supplements
As a general statement, mTORs are cellular regulatory proteins essential for the activation of proteins specific or important to growth and cellular replication. Almost any factor important to protein synthesis affects mTOR activation to some degree by interacting...
by Michael Rucker | Dec 9, 2015 | Functional Supplements
If you have kidney disease and still want to take PQQ it is probably okay if you are prudent and you communicate this decision with your doctor. The amounts of pyrroloquinoline quinone and its derivatives in the diet are in the milligram range, if that. Most PQQ...
by Michael Rucker | Sep 4, 2012 | Functional Supplements
Regarding PQQ and Parkinson’s disease: PQQ and Parkinson’s disease, regrettably, there are no clinical studies that been done to date to directly address whether PQQ is effective in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Although you can find these...
by Michael Rucker | Jun 24, 2012 | Functional Supplements
If you are worried about PQQ side effects, the good news is the current data for PQQ’s safety is excellent — at least for limited or short-term use (e.g. up to a year) in humans and longer-term use in animals. Long-term (multiple-year) safety in humans still needs to...
by Michael Rucker | Jan 30, 2012 | Functional Supplements
PQQ is a growth factor and chemical attractant for a number of bacteria. Bacteria defined as acidobacteria and methylotrophic bacteria produce PQQ. Acidobacteria are common to soil and methylotrophs are organisms that can use reduced one-carbon compounds, such as...
