Mitochondria
Synopsis of Mitochondria
Mitochondria are specialized organelles found in nearly every cell of the body, best known for their role in producing adenosine triphosphate (ATP)—the molecule that powers all cellular processes. These “powerhouses” convert nutrients from food (especially carbohydrates and fats) into usable energy through a process called cellular respiration, which involves the Krebs cycle and electron transport chain.
Beyond energy production, mitochondria play critical roles in cell signaling, oxidative stress regulation, calcium balance, metabolism, and apoptosis (programmed cell death). Each cell contains hundreds to thousands of mitochondria, with energy-demanding organs like the brain, heart, muscles, and liver having the highest concentrations.
Mitochondrial dysfunction contributes to fatigue, cognitive decline, muscle weakness, aging, insulin resistance, and chronic illnesses like neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular conditions, fibromyalgia, and metabolic syndrome. Causes include oxidative stress, toxin exposure, poor nutrition, chronic inflammation, mitochondrial DNA damage, and insufficient antioxidant protection.
Natural remedies to support Mitochondria
CoQ10 and PQQ: Support mitochondrial energy production and protect against oxidative damage.
B vitamins (especially B2, B3, B5): Crucial coenzymes for ATP generation.
Magnesium and alpha-lipoic acid: Help stabilize mitochondrial function and reduce oxidative stress.
L-carnitine and acetyl-L-carnitine: Facilitate fat transport into mitochondria for energy production.
Intermittent fasting or mild caloric restriction: Stimulate mitochondrial biogenesis.
Exercise: Especially high-intensity interval training (HIIT) enhances mitochondrial density and efficiency.
Antioxidant-rich diet: Protects mitochondria from free radical damage.
Ingredients
These raw ingredients are often used in alternative medicine to support Mitochondria.
7-Keto-DHEA
acetyl l-carnitine
acid maltase
adenosine 5-triphosphate disodium (ATP)
alpha d-ribofuranose
alpha lipoic acid
alpha-ketoglutarate (AKG)
amino acids
amylopectin
ashwagandha
aspartic acid
beta-alanine
boron
bovine
bovine heart
bovine liver
branched-chain amino acids
bасора
caffeine
catalase
catechins
catjang cowpea
chia seed
citicoline
citric acid
coconut milk
coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10)
coffee fruit
copper
creatine monohydrate
d-alpha tocopherol
delta-tocopherol
DPA (docosapentaenoic acid)
eleuthero
epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG)
fisetin
fish oil
flavonols
forskohlii root
fructose
fruit and vegetable blend (proprietary)
fruit blend (proprietary)
gamma oryzanol
gamma tocopherol
garcinia
ginkgo biloba
glycerophosphocholine (GPC)
gooseberry
grape
grapefruit
green bell pepper
greens blend (proprietary)
guayusa
hesperetin
hesperidin
hibiscus
hydroxycitric acid
l-isoleucine
inositol
knotweed
krill oil
l-alanine
l-alanyl-l-glutamine
l-arginine
l-asparagine
l-carnitine
l-carnosine
l-citrulline
l-cysteine
l-cystine
l-glutathione
l-glycine
l-histidine
l-leucine
l-methionine
l-ornithine
l-serine
l-phenylalanine
l-taurine
l-theanine
l-tyrosine
l-valine
lauric acid
lentinula edodes mycelia
linoleic acid (LA)
liquid liver fractions
luteolin
lychee
lycopene
mackerel
magnesium
maitake mushroom
malic acid
maltodextrin
maltose
manganese
maqui berry
marine lipid
matcha
medium chain triglycerides (MCT)
melatonin
molybdenum
moringa
niacin (vitamin B3)
niacinamide (vitamin B3)
nicotinamide riboside
oleanolic acid
oyster mushroom
palmitate
pantethine
pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)
pea shoot
phenolic acids
phosphatidylcholine
phospholipids
pyridoxal-5-phosphate (P-5-P)
pyrroloquinoline disodium salt
quail egg
quercetin
quinoa
resveratrol
rhodiola
riboflavin (vitamin B2)
rosemary
rye
SAMe (s-adenosyl-l-methionine disulfate p-toluensulfate)
sardines
schisandra chinensis
selenium
shrimp
black ginger
spinach
starch
stearic acid
strawberry
succinic acid
sulforaphane glucosinolate
tetrahydro iso-alpha acids
thiamin (vitamin B1)
threonic acid
tocotrienols
tomato
trans-geranylgeraniol
trans-pterostilbene
tributyrin
trimethylglycine (TMG)
turkey tail mushroom
ubiquinol
Urolithin A
vanadium
vanadyl sulfate
vegetable and fruit blend (proprietary)
vegetable blend (proprietary)
vitamin B
vitamin B
vitamin D3
water
watermelon
wheat grass
whole adrenal glandular
yeast
β-nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN)
typhonium
pterocarpus marsupium
lingzhi
sunflower
ferulic acid
cistanche
ganoderma
electrolytes blend (proprietary)
terpene lactones
polyphenols
trace minerals
fulvic acid
wheat germ
goji berry
paw paw
herbal blend (proprietary)
algae
kidney beans
chickpea protein
brown rice protein
AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK)
thyroid substance
ashitaba
DMPX
1,3,7-Trimethylpurine-2,6-dione
3,5 Diiodothyronine
3-deoxy 7-oxo DHEA
3,7-keto-DHEA
3-desoxy-7-KETO-DHEA
5-Aminoimidazole-4-Carboxamide Ribonucleotide
7-oxo-DHEA
7-Beta-Hydroxy-DHEA
7-KETO-DHEA
Alpha-Ketoglutarate
Acetyl L-Carnitine
Alpha polylactate
Adenosine monophosphate
Animal Tissue
Apigenin
Aspartic Acid
Adenosine diphosphate
Alpha glyceryl
Alpha ketoglutarate
Algae (unspecified)
Alkaloid (unspecified)
Ashitaba
Alaska Blueberry
Astragaloside IV
Acetogenin
Acetyl-L-Carnitine
Alpha-Lipoic Acid
Apigenin
Alpha Lipoic Acid
Algae
Alkaloids
Ampelopsin
Adenosine
Acetyl L-Carnitine Arginate
Acetyl-Glutathione
Acetyl-l-glutathione
Acetyl-L-Tyrosine
adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
alkaloid
Acetyl-L-Carnitine Arginate
Algalin
Adenosine triphosphate
Antioxidant (unspecified)
Acetyl-L-Carnitine-L-Arginine
Adenine
Animal protein
botanical (unspecified)
Beta-hydroxybutyrate
Beef liver
Blueberry (unspecified)
Boron
Broccoli
Basidiomycota
berry
Blueberry
Berries (unspecified)
Beta Hydroxybutyrate
Boron ascorbate
Beef liver
Blue-Green Alage
Caffeic Acid
Centrophenoxine
Camellia sinensis
Coffee
Calcium pyruvate
Carbon Dioxide
Cardarine
Cocarboxylase
Caffeine pterostilbene
Cyanobacteria
Capsinoids
Coenzyme A
Cardiolipin
Calories
Cyanidin
Calcium Beta-Hydroxybutyrate
Caffeine alpha-ketoglutarate
Capsiate
Copper ascorbate
Cordycepin
Cytochrome C
Complex
Cytochrome
Chocolate
Calcium alpha-ketoglutarate
Creatine
Cacao
Coenzyme Q-10
Coenzyme Q10
Creatine-leucine
C-Phycocyanin
Chocolate liquor
Caffeine
Copper Alpha-Ketoglutarate
Coffee (mixed)
Carnitine
Coenzyme Q-10
Creatyl-L-glutamine
Cysteine compounds (unspecified)
Creatine Orotate
Creatine alpha-ketoglutarate
Carbohydrate
Cordycepic acid
Citicoline
Cytidine
Carnitine Orotate
CoQ10
C-Phycocyanin
Creatine alpha-aminobutyrate
Creatine beta-hydroxybutyrate
Carbon dioxide
Dibencozide
DHEA
Diiodothyronine
DHA (Docosahexaenoic Acid)
Dibenzo-alpha pyrones
Dihydrolipoic Acid
Dimethylglycine
DHA-conjugated phosphatidylserine
D-Ribose
Dissolved Oxygen
Dimethylglycine
DMG (Dimethylglycine)
Deuterium Depleted Water
Eriocitrin
Egg
Eleuthero Root
Ergothioneine
Eleuthero
Epigallocatechin gallate
Eurypeptides
EGCG
Eriocitrin
Ester derivatives (unspecified)
esters
epicatechin
Ferulic Acid
Fat (unspecified)
food additive (unspecified)
Flavin mononucleotide
Fulvic Acid
Fish
Fructose
Fatty acids
Fungus
Fatty Acid (unspecified)
Fatty Acid Esters (Unspecified)
Fish
Fish
Fungus (unspecified)
Flavonols
Fucoxanthin
Fructose
Fisetin
flavanols (various)
Flavones
Fish (including shell)
Gamma-Butyrobetaine
Genseng (not specified)
Ginseng, Oriental
Ginsenosides
Gamma-Butyrobetaine
Glycerol-3-phosphate
Grape
Gamma-Glutamylcysteine
Gallate (unspecified)
Ginsenosides (unspecified)
Glycophospholipid
GMS-ribose
Glutathione peroxidase
glucose
Ginseng
Glycine propionyl-l-carnitine
Gluthathione
Glycine-alanyl-lysine-l-glutamine
Guaranine
Guanidinopropionic Acid (GPA )
Guayusa
Guarana
Gamma butyrobetaine
Ginsenoside
GW501516
Galactose
Geranylgeraniol
glycerophosphate
Ginseng, Panax
Glutathione
Ginsenosides
Glucose
Haematococcus pluvialis
Honokiol
Heart
Hesperetin
Hydroxyethyl adenosine analogs
Hydrogen
Heart
inosine
Inositol
invert sugar
Idebenone
Idebenone
Jiaogulan
ketone (unspecified)
Kaempferol
Kaempferide
Ketone Salts
Ketone
Kaempferol
Lecine malate
L-Gluthathione
Liver
L-Carnitine
L-norvaline
Lipids (unspecified)
Liver
L-Carnitine
Lipoic Acid
Liver
Lipids
MCT / Medium Chain Triglycerides
methoxy-substituted benzoquinones
mineral (unspecified)
Marine fat (unspecified)
mineral (unspecified)
Magnesium Malate
Magnesium ascorbate
Mitoquinone mesylate
Mushrooms
Myricetin
Medium Chain Triglycerides
Manganese Alpha-Ketoglutarate
Magnesium hydroxycitrate
Marine lipid (unspecified)
Medium chain triglycerides (MCT)
Magnesium Alpha-Ketoglutarate
Methylxanthine (unspecified)
Manganese Malate
Magnesium Beta-Hydroxybutyrate
Methylliberine
Myricetin
Methionine reductase
Marine fat
Mushroom (various)
Malic Acid
Mushroom (unspecified)
Magnesium Taurinate
Niacinamide ascorbate
Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
NADH
Naringenin
Naringenin
Nicotinamide Mononucleotide
Nobiletin
Nitrates
Nicotinamide
Nannochloropsis
Oxygen
Orotic Acid
Oxaloacetic acid
Oleoyl-phosphatidylethanolamine
Oxaloacetate
Oxygen
oxidase
Phosphocreatine
Phycocyanin
Pyrroloquinoline Quinone
Polyphenol (unspecified)
Proprietary Blend (Fatty Acid or Fat/Oil supplement)
Phosphatidylethanolamine
Phosphataidyl ethanolamine
peptides (unspecified)
Paraxanthine
phosphatidyl inositol
Phosphatidylinostol
Pospholipid (unspecified)
Phytoplankton
Plankton (unspecified)
Pyrroloquinoline quinone disodium salt
Pangamic Acid
Polyphenols
Pantethine
Phenolic Acid
Phospholipid (unspecified)
Polar Lipids (unspecified)
Peptides (unspecified)
Phycocyanin
Piceid
Polyamine (unspecified)
Polydatin
Propionyl-L-Carnitine
Phospatidylinositol
Phosphotidylethanolamine
Phosphorus
phosphatidyl inositol
Pyruvate
Propionyl-L-Carnitine
Peptide
Pterostilbene
Potassium Alpha-Ketoglutarate
Potassium Beta-Hydroxybutyrate
Pentose phosphate
Polyphenols (unspecified)
Pterolstilbene
phospholipid
polyphenols (various)
Paracoccus denitrificans
plant (unspecified)
Poly-thyronine
Phospholipids (unspecified)
Pantetheine
phenolics (various)
Polyphenols (mixed)
Polyphenols (npt specified)
Potassium pyruvate
Peptides
Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5)
Quercetin
Quinone
Quercetin
Rosavins
Rhodola crenulata
Resveratrol analog (unspecified)
Rosabin
Riboflavin (B2)
Rosavins (mixed)
Rhodiola (unspecified)
Rhodiola sacra
Ribose-l-cysteine
Rosarin
Rosavin
Riboflavin
Rhodiola
Resveratrol
Resveratrol conjugates (mixed)
Ribose
Rhodiola crenulata
Robusta Coffee
Resveratrol analogue
Ribose
Succinate
Selenium
Sea vegetation (unspecified)
Selenocysteine
Selenium ascorbate
Succinic acid
Salidroside
Sucrose
Sulforophane
Salidrosides
Stearic Acid
Saturated fatty acid
Stenabolic
SOD (Superoxide Dismutase, antioxidant activity)
Superoxide Dismutase
Schisandrins
Sugar (unspecified)
Selenium
Shilajit
Schisandrin
Sodium pyruvate
Stilbenoid (unspecified)
Sulforaphane
Sulphoraphane
Sugar
Tissue (unspecified)
Tetradecylthioacetic acid
Taxifolin
Thyroid
Thyroid
Tree Nut (unspecified)
Thymidine
trehalose
Thiamine (Vitamin B1)
Threonic acid
Theacrine
Triacetyluridine
Tea Polyphenol
Type A polymers
Triglycerides
Thiamin
Trehalose
Uridine monophosphate
Uridine
Vitamin B5
Vitamin B3 (Niacin)
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)
Vitamin B1 (thiamine HCl)
Vitamin B12 (methylcobalamin)
Vitamin C (Ascorbate)
Vitamin B1
Vitamin B2
Vitamin B2 (riboflavin selenite)
Vitamin E (Alpha-Tocomonoenol)
Vitamin B1 (benfotiamine)
Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid)
Vitamin B3 (Niacinamide)
Vitamin B5 (calcium pantothenate)
Vitamin E (Gamma Tocotrienol)
Vitamin E (beta tocotrienol)
Vitamin B5 (mixed)
Vitamin B1 (thiamin pyrophosphate)
Vitamin B1 (thiamine diphosphate)
Vitamin B3 (nicotinamide)
Vitamin E (beta-tocotrienol)
Vitamin E (tocotrienol unspecified)
Vitamin E (delta tocotrienol)
Vitamin B12 (adenosylcobalamin)
Vitamin B2 (mixed)
Vitamin B12 (deoxyadenosylcobalamin)
Vitamin E (mixied tocopherols and tocotrienols)
Vitamin E (tocotrienols)
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopheryl succinate)
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
Vitamin B1 (unspecified)
Vitamin B2 (unspecified)
Vitamin B1 (thiamine mononitrate)
Vitamin B3 (unspecified)
Vitamin E (alpha tocotrienol)
Vitamin B1 (mixed)
Vitamin B2 (various)
Vitamin E (delta-tocotrienol)
Vitamin B3
Vitamin B
Vitamin B2 (riboflavin 5-phosphate)
Vitamin B1 (thiamine pyrophosphate)
Vitamin B3 (various)
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin Phosphate)
Vitamin B3 (Nicotinamide riboside)
Vitamin B3 (mixed)
Vitamin B1 (thiamine monohydrate)
Vitamin B1 (thiamine disulfide)
Vitamin (unspecified)
Vitamin B1 (Sulbutiamine)
Vitamin B1 (thiamin disulfide)
Vitamin B1 (thiamine hydrochloride)
Vitamin B12 (5-deoxyadenosylcobalamin)
Vitamin E (alpha tocopheryl succinate)
Vitamine E (mixed tocotrienols)
Withanolides
Withanolide
Xanthine
Xanthine (unspecified)
Zinc alpha keto-glutarate
Zinc lipoic acid
