Health consequences of improving the content of ergothioneine in the food supply

• Published in: FEBS letters Vol. 596; no. 10; pp. 1231 - 1240
• Main Authors: Beelman, Robert B., Phillips, Allen T., Richie, John P., Ba, Djibril M., Duiker, Sjoerd W., Kalaras, Michael D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.05.2022
• Subjects: amino acids; antioxidant; antioxidants; Antioxidants - metabolism; bioavailability; Crops, Agricultural; diet; disturbed soils; Ergothioneine; food availability; food chain; Food Supply; human health; human nutrition; Humans; longevity; longevity vitamin; no-tillage; regenerative agriculture; Soil; soil quality; ergothioneine; antioxidant; longevity vitamin; regenerative agriculture

Ergothioneine (ERGO) is a potent antioxidant and anti‐inflammatory amino acid that is highly bioavailable to humans from the diet. ERGO is now regarded by some as a ‘longevity vitamin’ that has the potential to mitigate some chronic diseases of ageing and thereby increase life expectancy when presen...