The copper ion may dissociate from the GHK tripeptide, and free copper ions are pro-oxidant
Why it attracts attention: Animal data showing accelerated tendon healing Angiogenesis modulation Anti-inflammatory signalling The issue: There are no high quality human RCTs demonstrating clear efficacy in musculoskeletal injury
doi:10.1530/eje.0.1390552 Falutz J, Mamputu JC, Potvin D, et al
Moreover, patients with vitiligo often have better reflexes for photoprotection
While a constant exposure of quinone is not necessarily representative of an in vivo scenario, it is however, much more representative of an in vitro situation, whereby a constant source of quinone is essentially available in the extracellular media during cell culture 27
ECL, enhanced chemiluminescence