One important caveat: that study delivered GHK-Cu via lipid-based nano-carriers - a specialist liposomal delivery system designed to maximise dermal penetration
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Its functions help to increase cellular metabolism and energy production while reducing the negative consequences of oxidative damage
Antioxidant Depletion: In an ironnitrilotriacetic acid rat model of hemochromatosis, renal samples showed increases in reactive intermediates, accompanied by decreased availability of systems that protect against oxidation by iron, such as vitamin E levels, the glutathione system, thiol-specific antioxidants, and superoxide dismutase
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We suggest that the genomic context of the cntA gene must be also taken into account