The Gas Causing the Smell Of ‘Rotten Egg’ in Sewers Proven to Be Beneficial For the Cells

A gas with important physiological functions
“In recent years there have been, however, some studies that have shown that hydrogen sulfide at physiological concentrations is a cellular marker which performs important physiological functions. In other words: at high concentrations, this ‘sewage gas’ inhibits the production of energy at a cellular level, but at low concentrations it stimulates it”, says the UGR researcher.

The enzyme called sulfide:quinone oxidoreductase also uses the coenzyme Q10 (Q10) in its reaction, so that when there is a deficit in Q10 the levels of said enzyme are drastically reduced, thus limiting its activity. This defect contributes to the bioenergetic deficit associated with deficiency in Q10, but it also causes an increase in intracellular hydrogen sulfide levels, which leads to changes in the levels of glutathione and certain brain neurotransmitters, in blood pressure and in the modification of some proteins.