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A copper(II) complex of the tripeptide Gly-His-Lys. The bound metal turns the freeze-dried cake blue. 50 or 100 mg.
For laboratory research use only. Not for human consumption.
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Every figure below is transcribed from the laboratory's own document, and every card shows how to pull up the original with that laboratory. Two kinds of report appear here: a lot verification, which tests the very lot printed on the vial, and a reference report, an outside test of the batch the manufacturer made.
Heavy metals only. Identity and purity were not part of this test.
Independent reference report on source batch NB20260606, the batch this material is made from.
Identity, amount, copper content and purity
Independent reference report covering manufacturer batch NB20260728. Our supplier attests that the current lot, PB260901-CU100-DE75, was made from this batch; the report does not test that lot itself.
GHK-Cu is a complex, not a bare peptide. The tripeptide glycyl-L-histidyl-L-lysine holds a single copper(II) ion, coordinated through the histidine and the peptide backbone. Because the metal belongs to the molecule, copper is written into the formula, and the cake in the vial is blue where most peptides are white.
Loren Pickart first isolated the tripeptide from human plasma in 1973 and noted how tightly it holds copper. With only three residues it sits among the smallest entries here, and among the best characterized. It comes in sealed vials of 50 mg or 100 mg, freeze-dried.
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