Louise C. Kenny

ORCID: 0000-0002-9011-759X · 4 papers in corpus · active 2017-2023

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  • article 2
  • preprint 1
  • review 1
article 2023
·doi:10.1042/bsr20230160

Ergothioneine, an antioxidant nutraceutical mainly at present derived from the dietary intake of mushrooms, has been suggested as a preventive for pre-eclampsia (PE). We analysed early pregnancy samples from a cohort of 432 first time mothe…

preprint 2022
·doi:10.1101/2022.12.19.22283617

Abstract Ergothioneine, an antioxidant nutraceutical mainly at present derived from the dietary intake of mushrooms, has been suggested as a preventive for pre-eclampsia. We analysed early pregnancy samples for a cohort of 432 first time mo…

article 2018
·doi:10.1016/j.preghy.2018.08.081
review 2017
·doi:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2017.12.030

Ergothioneine (ERG), is a water-soluble amino acid that is derived entirely from dietary sources. It has received much attention as a therapeutic agent due to its anti-oxidant properties, and there are claims of preferential accumulation wi…