Melanotan 1 is a 13-amino acid synthetic peptide analogue of the endogenous hormone alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (-MSH), itself a cleavage product of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC)
Sajitha GR, Jose R, Andrews A, Ajantha KG, Augustine P, Augusti KT
This mechanism helps alleviate mitochondrial apoptosis induced by 3,3,4,4, and 5-pentachlorobiphenyl, which is triggered by imbalances in mitochondrial dynamics and energy metabolism [68]
Key Takeaways Glutathione is a powerful antioxidant produced naturally in your cells, composed of three amino acids: glutamate, glycine, and cysteine
Once inside, it is chemically converted into cysteine, which then serves as the rate-limiting substrate for -glutamyl cysteine synthetase, the first enzyme in the synthesis pathway of the endogenous antioxidant glutathione (Arakawa & Ito, 2007)