GHK-Cu as a Bioactive Metallopeptide and Drug-Delivery Cargo: Coordination Chemistry, Formulation Science, Therapeutic Evidence, and a Translational Roadmap
D.-M. Mateescu, D.-M. Gavrilescu, and colleagues · 2026 · Pharmaceutics. 2026;18(9):1077.
Published 2026-08-27.
Study data at a glance
- Participants or experimental model
- Structured evidence map; no new human treatment cohort.
- Reported results
- The review organizes chemistry, delivery and biological findings, stressing that peptide identity, copper speciation and carrier effects must be separated. Its search was limited to English-language sources.
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Methods, limitations & source review
Study limitations
- Not prospectively registered and not a meta-analysis; its author-defined appraisal framework is not a validated consensus standard.
- Its August search cutoff precedes this site review, and historical human ulcer studies are linked separately here.
- The trial registry discussed by the review has no posted results; registry status does not independently establish study operation.
Publication counts are not counts of independent trials. Reviews, translations and reports sharing participants may overlap. Findings apply to the studied preparation, population and endpoints.
Source access and review scope
Original open-access review, human-evidence table, references, methods and limitations checked; underlying studies retain their own access labels.
Recorded source-check date: 2026-11-03. This date does not imply a completed systematic review.
Citation and original source
Original source: D.-M. Mateescu, D.-M. Gavrilescu, and colleagues. GHK-Cu as a Bioactive Metallopeptide and Drug-Delivery Cargo: Coordination Chemistry, Formulation Science, Therapeutic Evidence, and a Translational Roadmap Pharmaceutics. 2026;18(9):1077. 2026.
Molekul research summary: https://molekul.io/research/ghk-cu-evidence-map-2026. Cite the original publication for its findings and this page when referring to Molekul’s summary or evidence appraisal.
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