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Tissue Repair & Healing

GHK-Cu

Copper Tripeptide-1; Iamin; Cu-GHK

Classification: Matrikine copper-tripeptide

Mechanism: Copper chelation and delivery to receptors; modulates hundreds of genes; stimulates collagen/elastin/decorin synthesis

Benefits: Collagen/elastin synthesis; wound healing; hair follicle stimulation; skin anti-aging; antioxidant; DNA repair

Evidence tier: Cosmetic Clinical + Animal Studies · Availability: Cosmetic / Research

Primary sources

  1. Pickart L et al. The human tripeptide GHK-Cu in prevention of oxidative stress and degenerative conditions of aging — implications for cognitive health. Oxid Med Cell Longev 2012. PMID 22666519

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