The copper ion is integral to the peptide's activity, serving as a cofactor for lysyl oxidase, the enzyme responsible for collagen and elastin cross-linking
The relationships between genotypes and phenotypes in GSSD remain unclear
Grabarevic et al., The influence of BPC 157 on nitric oxide agonist and antagonist induced lesions in broiler chicks, J
Akhtari, E., Raisi, F., Keshavarz, M., Hosseini, H., Sohrabvand, F., Bioos, S., Kamalinejad, M., & Ghobadi, A
Furthermore, it reduced the level of ROS (free radicals that can damage healthy cells) in aged oocytes, which explains a possible reason for its antiaging effect
GHK-Cu is the copper(II) complex of the tripeptide glycyl-L-histidyl-L-lysine (CAS 89030-95-5, ~401.9 g/mol), first isolated from human plasma by Pickart in 1973