TAIL VARIANT OF OXIDATION-REDUCTION ACTIVITY THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR THERAPY OF MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE AND RELATED CONDITION AND FOR ADJUSTMENT OF ENERGY BIOMARKER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compound useful for therapy or suppression of diseases due to mitochondrial diseases and for adjustment of an energy biomarker in a subject.SOLUTION: A method of treating a mitochondrial disease, adjusting 1 or more energy biomarkers, normalizing 1 or more energy biomarkers, or enhancing 1 or more energy biomarkers comprises a step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of a hydroquinone compound represented by the formula or an oxidized form thereof (a quinone compound) to a subject (Rto Rare each independently a C1 to 4 alkyl or the like; and Ris a C1 to 20 alkyl, alkenyl or the like.)