PQQ was Approved by New Food Raw Materials as brain health and anti-aging

On March 1, 2022, the Department of food Safety Standards, Monitoring and Evaluation of the National Health Commission issued an announcement on 32 kinds of "three new foods" including Guanshan cherry blossoms (No. 1 in 2022), including new food raw materials pyrroloquinoline quinone disodium salt. Recently (February 2), pyrroloquinoline quinone disodium salt was once again accepted as a new food raw material.

Pyrroloquinoline quinone, PQQ for short, is a coenzyme of oxidoreductase. Because of its unique o-benzoquinone structure, it endows it with many different physiological characteristics from other coenzymes, and also makes it have different physiological properties. effect.

PQQ is a very potent antioxidant that plays an important role in brain cognition and memory. PQQ can inhibit the formation of peroxynitrite; it can potentially oxidize the redox sites of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, thereby reducing the activity of NMDA receptors; it can be used as an effective antioxidants to protect mitochondrial lipids and proteins, and has been shown to protect mitochondrial function from oxidative damage; can promote the generation of new mitochondria and neurons. An 8-week trial in Japan showed that PQQ was effective on stress, fatigue, quality of life and sleep, and improved mood.

The application of PQQ in foreign countries is relatively mature, and it is used in combination with popular raw materials such as PS, coenzyme Q10, and NMN, focusing on the fields of brain health, heart health, and anti-aging.