GHK-Cu may prevent oxidative stress in skin by regulating copper and modifying expression of numerous antioxidant genes

Cosmetics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 236-247

  Pickart, Loren ^a   Vasquez Soltero, Jessica Michelle ^a   Margolina, Anna ^a  

^a Skin Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper peptides; Dichloromethane; Ferritin iron oxidation; Gene expression; Gene profiling; GHK; Glycyl L histidyl L lysine; Reactive carbonyl species; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014486567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20799284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cosmetics2030236     Document Type: Review

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