Impact of Oral Ubiquinol on Blood Oxidative Stress and Exercise Performance

Table 3

Oxidative stress and Coenzyme Q10 blood profile (a) and statistical findings (b) of exercise-trained men and women before (Pre) and after (Post) treatment with CoQ10 or placebo.

(a)  

Variable	CoQ10	CoQ10	Placebo	Placebo
	Before	After	Before	After
Malondialdehyde (μmol·L^−1)	0.87±0.12	0.89±0.11	0.92±0.12	0.89±0.12
Hydrogen Peroxide (μmol·L^−1)	2.72±0.34	3.23±0.32	2.92±0.35	3.36±0.34
Total CoQ10 (μg·mL^−1)	0.98±0.10	2.33±0.42	1.02±0.11	0.99±0.09
Reduced CoQ10 (μg·mL^−1)	0.82±0.08	2.13±0.39	0.87±0.09	0.84±0.07
Reduced CoQ10 (%)	84.41±2.10	90.62±1.63	85.64±2.38	85.96±1.93
Oxidized CoQ10 (μg·mL^−1)	0.17±0.03	0.21±0.04	0.15±0.04	0.15±0.03
Total Cholesterol (mg·dL^−1)	199.33±9.32	197.07±9.55	198.80±10.34	200.27±12.25
CoQ10 : Cholesterol	0.48±0.39	1.13±0.15	0.51±0.04	0.49±0.04

Values are mean ± SEM.

(b)  

Variable	Condition	Before/after	Condition × Before/after
	P value	P value	P value
Malondialdehyde	0.79	0.92	0.83
Hydrogen Peroxide	0.62	0.17	0.92
Total CoQ10	0.02*	0.04*	0.13
Reduced CoQ10	0.02*	0.03*	0.11
Reduced CoQ10%	0.30	0.10	0.42
Oxidized CoQ10	0.50	0.97	0.47
Total Cholesterol	0.62	0.55	0.96
CoQ10 : Cholesterol	0.01*	0.01*	0.00*