Scientist are linking CoQ9 to greatly improving the cellular level by rebuilding the cellular blocks of your body. This in turn will help build your immune system and improve your health, which makes a better YOU!

What are Coenzymes, CoQ9 and CoQ10

Coenzymes have vitamins attached to small molecules which are unaffected by stomach acids and thus readily absorbed intact. Coenzyme Q complex has ten known variations: coenzyme Q1 through Q10. They are non-toxic fat-soluble vitamin-like miracle nutrients found throughout the body that act as catalysts for energy production in the cells' mitochondria. The mitochondria are basically the power plants in the cells, which produce the basic energy molecule ATP, which is required by all cells to function. Coenzyme Q complex is also believed to protect the cells from oxidation.

CoQ10

The most widely-known of the coenzyme Q family, CoQ10, has been found to be fundamental to several vital body functions, including energy production, immune system support, blood circulation, among others. Many studies have now confirmed the important effects CoQ10 has on the immune system. Without this energy-sparking catalyst, the many immune response systems throughout the body would not have the required power to fight off invading organisms before they gain a foothold. If CoQ10 levels are boosted, so too is the immune response. Because CoQ10 levels decrease with age, as many as 75 percent of people over age 50 may be deficient. If levels of CoQ10 decline, so too does the conversion of food to ATP, resulting in energy shortage in the cell. As a result, a person may become easily fatigued and bodily systems will not work properly, leaving one more susceptible to disease.

CoQ9

Although CoQ9 has only recently been a subject of interest for scientists, some startling findings have already been reported. According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, CoQ9 is likely necessary for the biosynthesis of CoQ10. (2) Studies elsewhere have supported these findings by proving that defects in CoQ9 are a cause of CoQ10 deficiency. (1) Laboratory studies published in Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition demonstrate the antioxidant activity of CoQ9 could prevent oxidative stress-mediated damage to human cells.

CoQ9 is not simply a nutrient, not just a vitamin, not just a coenzyme, but it is indeed a PROTEIN and a GENE! That is how it can be used to build new cells.  And that also makes it much more important in the big picture, and validates the true significant role it plays in the development and removal of harmful damaged cells in your body.  It is a GENE which can be mutated or damaged (by chemicals, free radicals, oxidation, etc.) and then also repaired (by replacing the building blocks).  

References

1. http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O75208#section_comments [MIM:607426]

2. National Center for Biotechnology Information

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/57017

3. http://www.mendeley.com/research/protection-exogenously-added-coenzyme-q9-against-free-radicalinduced-injuries-human-liver-cells/