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Coenzymes & NAD Precursors

Methylene Blue

A century-old phenothiazine dye studied in pre-clinical mitochondrial-bioenergetic and neuroprotection research.

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Pre-clinical mechanism

Acts as an alternative electron carrier in the mitochondrial electron-transport chain in cultured cells, and is a reversible MAO inhibitor at higher concentrations.

Key pre-clinical findings

  • Rodent memory paradigms: improvements in extinction learning at low doses (Wrubel et al., 2007).

Primary literature

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