GHK-Cu is the copper-bound form of a three-amino-acid peptide - glycyl-histidyl-lysine. An identity fact, not a product claim.
Schlesinger et al., Experientia, 1977Naturally occurring copper peptide
GHK-Cu
A naturally occurring copper peptide the body already makes - studied for decades in the lab. Supplied for laboratory research only.
Your body already makes this one. GHK-Cu is tiny - three amino acids holding onto a single copper atom, which is what turns the powder its distinctive blue. It was found circulating in human blood in the 1970s and has been studied in the lab ever since. Supplied freeze-dried, for laboratory research only.
Form Labs materials are research reference materials, not the approved medicines; no Form Labs product is approved for human or veterinary use.
Current lot pricing
$79.00 AUD
Base vial price: $79.00 AUD
Vial size50 mg
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Supplied strictly as reference material for in-vitro laboratory research. Not a medicine, supplement, or food. Not for human or veterinary use.
Research use onlyWhy this molecule is studied
Why researchers are studying it.
Start with the honest bit. GHK-Cu is one of the most-studied small peptides there is, and almost none of that study is in people. The record is laboratory and cell work - cultures, model systems, and analysis of which genes switch on or off. There are no large human trials of the kind the newer metabolic peptides have.
What made it interesting in the first place is that your body makes it, and then makes less of it. The 1970s work found GHK circulating in human blood; a 2018 review reports that level falling from roughly 200 ng/mL in a young adult to around 80 ng/mL by age 60. That decline is what sent researchers looking.
Most of the questions since have been about the copper. GHK on its own is three amino acids; GHK-Cu is that same peptide holding a copper atom. Copper is essential to a great deal of the body's chemistry and also damaging if it wanders around loose, so how a small peptide picks it up, carries it and hands it over is a real research question. That is where the collagen and tissue-repair studies start, and what most of them actually measure is which genes shift activity in cultured cells - not an outcome in a person.
This page is about that research and the batch you are getting. It is not a claim about what this vial will do for anyone, and it is not for people or animals to take.
The research
What the published studies found.
The year the peptide's growth-modulating activity was first reported, in liver-cell research. Published research context, not a product claim.
Pickart, Thayer & Thaler, Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 1973About the level of GHK naturally circulating in a young adult's plasma; a 2018 review reports it falling to roughly 80 ng/mL by age 60. It's a peptide the body makes itself. Literature context, not a product claim.
Pickart & Margolina, Int J Mol Sci, 2018In gene-profiling research, the share of the genes analysed whose activity GHK shifted by at least half - some up, some down. A published research figure, not a product claim.
Pickart & Margolina, Int J Mol Sci, 2018Figures outside lot paperwork describe third-party research records for the molecule. They are not Form Labs product results or use claims.
Read the full research guideIdentity, papers, and research-use boundariesMechanism notes
Plain-language research labels.
Two things working together: a tiny peptide, and the copper atom it carries. Here is what each part is doing - the chemistry the papers discuss, not a description of what this vial does.
GHK - the peptide
Three amino acids in a row - glycine, histidine, lysine - and that is the entire molecule. On its own it is written GHK, and it is the same small peptide your body makes and carries around in your blood.
Cu - the copper
GHK grabs a single copper atom and holds onto it. That is what the '-Cu' means, and what turns the powder blue. Copper matters here because the body needs it for a great deal of its chemistry but cannot let it drift about loose - so molecules that pick copper up, carry it and hand it over are worth understanding.
Why the pairing matters
Almost all the published studies use the copper-bound form specifically, not bare GHK. The two behave differently enough that reading findings about one as findings about the other would be a mistake - so the page keeps them as separate records. Check any available report against the vial label and read only the tests stated on it.
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Catalog record
Catalog record before checkout.
24-0417
Compound, lot and appearance are taken from the product record.
Matching current certificate unavailable. No verified report matches the listed compound, lot and amount.
Listed product record24-0417
CompoundGHK-Cu
Lot24-0417
Listed amount50 mg
AppearanceFreeze-dried reference material
Historical sample report: GHK-Cu, 50 mg, lot FL20260410-GHK-50. Test: Heavy metals analysis. This report does not verify the listed item or lot. A document mismatch does not establish the contents of the physical product. This screen does not measure purity or confirm identity.
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FAQ
Questions, answered plainly.
GHK-Cu is supplied as laboratory research material only. It is 21+ only, not for human consumption, and not for veterinary use.
The product page lists catalog lot, appearance and storage notes for GHK-Cu. Available original reports are labelled by sample; matching current certification is unavailable where the compound, lot or amount differs. A heavy-metals screen does not measure purity or confirm identity.
Follow the label and your laboratory's written procedures. Do not treat a historical sample report as current lot documentation. This page repeats 2-8 C storage guidance and light-protection notes before checkout.
GHK-Cu is the copper-bound form of GHK, a three-amino-acid peptide (glycyl-histidyl-lysine) that the body makes naturally and that has been studied since the 1970s. The spec sheet lists it as the copper(II) complex with formula C14H24CuN6O4 and a molecular weight of 403.92 g/mol. It is supplied as a freeze-dried blue powder for laboratory research only. Form Laboratories supplies it as reference material, not for human use.
No. 'Free GHK' is the peptide alone (CAS 49557-75-7), while 'GHK-Cu' is the copper-bound 1:1 complex (CAS 89030-95-5) that most published research actually uses. They carry separate registry records, so the page keeps them as distinct identities. The available historical heavy-metals screen does not confirm which form is in the current vial.
Check the compound name, the 50 mg size, and lot 24-0417 on the product label and any available report. The lab report on file for GHK-Cu is a Janoshik heavy-metals screen, which reports arsenic, cadmium and mercury as not detected; it does not measure purity and does not confirm identity. Appearance is a blue freeze-dried powder and storage is 2-8 C protected from light. Compare any available report with the vial label before lab intake.
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The available historical sample was tested by Janoshik. The lab report on file is a Janoshik heavy-metals screen: it reports arsenic, cadmium and mercury as not detected. It does not measure purity, does not confirm identity, and does not test for bacterial residue. The report covers its named sample lot, which differs from the listed catalog lot.
It ships from our base in Perth via Australia Post or CouriersPlease, in plain packaging with nothing identifying on the outside, once your payment has cleared. You'll get a tracking email. On arrival, store it in the fridge at 2-8 C and keep it out of light - copper peptides are light-sensitive, so dark, cold storage matters.
No. It's supplied strictly as reference material for laboratory research - not a medicine, supplement, cosmetic, or food, and not for people or animals to use. The research described on this page is about the GHK-Cu molecule in published studies, not about a Form Labs product.
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