Specific location codes exist: M62.830 (unspecified site) and site-specific codes for shoulder, upper arm, forearm, hand, thigh, lower leg, ankle/foot, and other sites.
Unlike many compounds that are used once, glutathione can be regenerated and reused many times
Glutathione is a naturally occurring tripeptide composed of three amino acids: glutamine, cysteine and glycine
Gene profiling studies were reported to show GHK-Cu affects a large number of genes related to tissue remodelling, antioxidant defence, anti-inflammatory activity, blood vessel growth, and nerve outgrowth
Inside the cell, the -glutamyl amino acid is hydrolyzed by -glutamyl cyclo-transferase and converted into oxoproline and a free amino acid