Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 (Pal-GHK): Pal-GHK enhances penetration but lacks coppers regenerative boost, making GHK-Cu more potent for healing and antioxidation
Conversely, the D-CuP group demonstrated enhanced wound healing, leaving a residual wound area of just 9.8%, while the G/D-CuP group exhibited the most pronounced wound healing, with only 2.8% of the wound area remaining
Nat Neurosci 22(3):401412
GHK-Cu (which stands for Glycyl-L-Histidyl-L-Lysine-Copper) is a small protein piece that's already in your body
Research areas where laboratories buy GHK-Cu for in vitro work include collagen, decorin and matrix-metalloproteinase gene expression in dermal fibroblast cultures, peptidemetal coordination chemistry and copper-binding affinity, antioxidant-pathway profiling such as superoxide-dismutase induction, and comparative studies of GHK-Cu against the free GHK tripeptide