Annatto extract composition (AEC), including cis and trans geranyl
geraniols (GG) and tocopherol-free C-5 unsubstituted tocotrienols (T3),
increases the de novo synthesis of intermediate isoprenoid and distal
protein products, including endogenous coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), dolichols
(DL) and all subsequent GG-prenylated and DL-glycosylated proteins,
including GG-porphyrinated hemes. This intermediate and distal product
replenishment by AEC reverses maladies of myotoxicity (of both drug and
non-drug origins), including maladies that affect the muscle, kidney,
eye, GI tract and skin, nerve, blood, and CoQ10-related syndromes of
energetics and LDL protection. AEC anabolically increases the endogenous
de novo CoQ10 synthesis via GG elongation/prenylation of side-chain and
conversely CoQ10 catabolically increases the endogenous de novo GG
synthesis via beta-oxidation of CoQ10. Also, such AEC decreases de novo
synthesis and increases disposal of triglycerides (TG) in humans via PPAR
activation and SREBP deactivation. Such drop in TG by AEC reverses
maladies of insulin resistance (IR) and metabolic syndrome (MS),
prediabetes, diabetes and diabetes-related cardiovascular diseases (CVD).
GG activates PPAR and down regulates SREBP transcription factors. This
AEC, containing GG, inhibits cancer growth whether or not GG involvement
in protein prenylation is required.