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Glutathione is a prominent antioxidant made up of 3 amino acids- glycine, glutamic acid, and cysteine
It plays a key role in mitigating damage and maintaining homeostasis by activating immune clearance, initiating tissue repair, and fading in time ( Post-translational modifications of proteins are covalent, enzymatic, or non-enzymatic linkages of specific chemical groups on the side chains of amino acids that confer a variety of physiological functions to proteins
While GHK alone has some biological activity, it is the GHK-Cu form that is responsible for the vast majority of the regenerative, anti-inflammatory, and gene-modulating effects discussed in clinical research
That's because it plays a large role in the primary function of the liver: detoxification