Table 1.
Model | Dose | Effect | Ref |
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Healthy rats | 200 mg/kg daily × 1–2 months |
|
Matthews2 |
Huntington’s models | |||
Malonate | 200 mg/kg daily × 1–2 months |
|
Beal29 |
3-NP | 200 mg/kg daily × 1–2 months |
|
Matthews2 |
N171–82Q mice | 500 mg/kg/day |
|
Ferrante45 |
R6/R2 and N171–82Q transgenic mice | CoQ10 400 mg/kg/day ± remacemide 14 mg/kg/day |
|
Ferrante45 |
R6/R2 transgenic mice | 1,000 to 20,000 mg/kg/day |
|
Smith8 |
R6/2 transgenic mice | CoQ10 (0.2%) and minocycline 5 mg/kg/day |
|
Stack71 |
3-NP | CoQ10 (1%) and creatine (2%) × two weeks |
|
Yang72 |
R6/2 transgenic mice | CoQ10 (1%) and creatine (2%) × 9–11 weeks |
|
Yang72 |
Parkinson’s models | |||
MPTP | CoQ10 200 mg/kg/day × five weeks | Protected against:
|
Beal27 |
MPTP | CoQ10 1600 mg/kg × 3.5 months | Protected against:
|
Cleren68 |
MPTP | CoQ10 (1%) and creatine (2%) × 5 weeks | Protected against:
|
Yang72 |
ALS models | |||
G93 A SOD1 transgenic mouse | 200 mg/kg daily from day 50 until end-stage disease |
|
Matthews2 |
Alzheimer models | |||
Aged APP, PS1, APP/PS1 transgenic mice | 2,400 mg/kg/day × 60 days |
|
Li74 |
Aged PS1 transgenic mouse | 1,200 mg/day × 60 days |
|
Yang73 |
TG19959 mice | 0.4% in diet |
|
Kipiani75 |
Abbreviations: mg, milligram; kg, kilogram; CoQ, coenzyme Q; CoQ10, coenzyme Q10; ATP, adenosine triphosphate; MRS, magnetic resonance spectroscopy; 3-NP, 3-nitroproprionic acid; Htt, huntingtin; MPTP, 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine; TH-IR, tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive; SNpc, substantia nigra pars compacta; SOD, superoxide dismutase; Aβ, β-amyloid; APP, amyloid precursor protein; PS1, presenilin 1; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.