Anti-Aging Peptide Ingredients

– Copper TriPeptide GHK-Cu

Products containing copper have gained increasing popularity in the anti-aging skin care market over the past decades. In humans, copper binds to the high-affinity tripeptide glycyl-l-histidyl-l-lysine (GHK) to form a copper-GHK complex. This copper-GHK complex plays a vital role in human tissue repair and wound healing. Also, this complex stimulates the production of both collagen and glycosaminoglycans (extracellular matrix in skin dermis connective tissue). In addition, copper is a vital cofactor in the activation of the powerful antioxidant enzyme superoxide dismutase. The role of copper-GHK as an anti-aging ingredient may be explained by its role in wound healing and its ability to stimulate extracellular matrix proteins (collagen, elastin, fibronectin) which leads to a decrease in skin wrinkling, laxity, and roughness. These changes, as well as the lack of irritancy, give copper an important role in the anti-aging skin care market.