Originally developed in the 1970s as an oral antihypertensive for severe high blood pressure, doctors noticed an unexpected side effect: patients on the drug started growing hair sometimes in places they hadn't asked for, like the back of the hands and the face
Prolonged exposure to light, elevated temperature, or aqueous environments may reduce stability
Blood pressure monitoring is advisable
The specific compounds now under PCAC review carry decades of independent research behind them: GHK-Cu was first characterised in a 1980 Nature paper by Loren Pickart as a copper-binding plasma tripeptide
Both Vitamin B12 and the components of MIC shots have been associated with potential mood and cognitive benefits
In each method solvents A and B comprising of water-acetonitrile-formic acid (90:10:0.1, v/v/v) and methanol-acetonitrile-formic acid (90:10:0.1, v/v/v), respectively were used