Ergothioneine as an Emerging Food-Derived Bioactive Compound Protecting against Age-related Diseases: Issues Needing More Research.
Ergothioneine (ET) is a chemically-stable, tasteless, odourless, highly water-soluble diet-derived compound that is avidly absorbed and retained by the human body using a selective transporter, organic cation transporter novel 1, OCTN1 (often called the ET transporter, ETT). A substantial and growing body of evidence s...