Pharmaceutical preparations and substances for the treatment of cancer, diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome, dementia, and other aging associated pathologies being mitochondrial disease, joint strain and tears, ligament strain and tears, muscle atrophy, muscular dystrophy, neuromuscular diseases, neurological disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, inflammatory disorders, infectious diseases, genetic diseases, rare diseases, in-born errors of metabolism (IEMs), lysosomal storage disorders, ...