Other common peptide therapies are for muscle growth and injury recovery
The peptide forms a stable complex with copper ions, and this GHK-copper combination triggers gene expression changes affecting tissue regeneration , inflammation, and collagen synthesis
Whole blood and plasma samples of six JVC rats were collected at 0.05, 0.167, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 24, 48, and 72 h after administration (three males and three females at each time point) for the examination of radio pharmacokinetics of total plasma
GHK-Cu peptide suppresses inflammatory genes like TNF- that cause tissue damage and reduces harmful inflammation by lowering TNF- and IL-6 levels
The tripeptide glycyl-L-histidyl-L-lysine is found naturally as the copper complex known as GHK-Cu powder