Collagen ndi puloteni yomwe imakhala yofunika kwambiri pomanga khungu lathu, mafupa, minofu, ndi minofu.Zimapereka mphamvu ndi kusungunuka kwa ziwalo zosiyanasiyana za thupi lathu, kuzisunga bwino ndikugwira ntchito bwino.Tikamakalamba, kupanga kolajeni kwathu kwachilengedwe kumachepa, zomwe zimayambitsa makwinya, kupweteka kwamagulu, ndi zizindikiro zina za ukalamba.Izi zadzetsa kutchuka kwa collagen zowonjezera ndi zinthu zosamalira khungu m'zaka zaposachedwa.