This tripeptide molecule naturally occurs in the human body and plays a crucial role in skin and tissue health
These include neurodegeneration, frailty, osteoporosis, vasomotor dysfunction, hepatic steatosis, insulin resistance, pulmonary fibrosis, chronic kidney disease, and skeletal muscle dysfunction (47)
For topical use, transient local reactions redness, stinging, burning, or itch are the expected category and are exactly what the ongoing Phase 2 trial is set up to measure (NCT07437586)
However, the process of making ATP also produces reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as hydrogen peroxide, which can damage the cell at higher levels
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These include diet, lack of sleep, stress, genetics, and especially exposure to the damaging rays of sunlight that have been reviewed in detail elsewhere and will be presented, in brief, below [10, 14, 16]