Carno Drops

Carnosee is a topical N-acetyl-L-carnosine supplement for the eyes.

As our population is achieving longer life spans, and correspondingly greater standards of health, one area has emerged as a fast growing problem. The health of our eyes, is currently a major factor affecting the quality of life of otherwise health aging people. Both distressing, and debilitating, the developing science around this subject shows carnosine as being a major breakthrough in dealing with this.

N-acetyl-L-carnosine is a unique form of the dipeptide carnosine, which allows for its delivery to tissues within the eye not accessible to free carnosine topical supplements. Research supports the ability of topical carnosine and N-acetyl-L-carnosine supplements to support eye structure and function.

In test-tube studies, Carnosine protects cells and biomolecules against a sweeping range of toxic insults. The one protective effect that’s probably received the most attention in the life extension community is its ability to protect proteins against glycation – the process through which sugars bind to proteins and warp their structure, turning functional proteins into dysfunctional Advanced Glycation Endproducts (AGEs). But this effect has only been shown to happen in test tubes: it’s not really clear that the same thing would happen in a living person, and in fact there’s good reason to believe that it won’t.

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Instead, it appears that Carnosine may attack the same problem from a different angle, actually boosting the cell’s ability to clear out damaged proteins once they’re formed. One of the problems with damaged proteins is that their mangled structures often don’t give easy access to the enzymes that normally digest worn-out cellular components, making it difficult for the cell to remove them. Experimental studies have found that Carnosine reacts with proteins which have already been damaged by glycation and other assaults on their structural/functional integrity, forming “carnosylated” complexes which appear to be more easily removed than the original, warped protein.

At the same time, other such studies suggest that Carnosine revs up the proteasome – the cell’s “recycling center” for malformed proteins. Instead of blocking the formation of AGEs, in other words, Carnosine might actually help the body to eliminate glycated and other dysfunctional proteins.

Main applications as reported by literature:

Supports ocular structure and function.