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SUBMITTER: van der Hoek SA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6797849 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
van der Hoek Steven A SA Darbani Behrooz B Zugaj Karolina E KE Prabhala Bala Krishna BK Biron Mathias Bernfried MB Randelovic Milica M Medina Jacqueline B JB Kell Douglas B DB Borodina Irina I
Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology 20191011
L-(+)-Ergothioneine (ERG) is an unusual, naturally occurring antioxidant nutraceutical that has been shown to help reduce cellular oxidative damage. Humans do not biosynthesise ERG, but acquire it from their diet; it exploits a specific transporter (SLC22A4) for its uptake. ERG is considered to be a nutraceutical and possible vitamin that is involved in the maintenance of health, and seems to be at too low a concentration in several diseases <i>in vivo</i>. Ergothioneine is thus a potentially us ...[more]