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GHK-Cu

Skin & cosmeticRecovery & healingLongevity & anti-aging

A copper peptide famous in skincare and hair research for collagen and cosmetic contexts, also discussed for tissue recovery. The 'GLOW' in the popular recovery blend.

Copper Tripeptide-1GHK-CopperCopper PeptideGHK Cu

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Observed median price

$60

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Every observation
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Median of 17 listings' 30-day changes; 38 excluded for insufficient history.

54

Active listings

19 · 99.7%

Independent lab tests

$13–$690

Observed price range

5

Known aliases

Read from the certificate, not re-measured by VialGrade. Purity is not a grade. Purity vs grade

Understand this compound

What is GHK-Cu?

Widely studieda.k.a. Copper peptide, GHK-Copper, Copper tripeptide-1

A tiny copper-carrying molecule your body makes naturally, famous in skincare. It ferries copper to the enzymes that rebuild collagen and elastin, which is why it's studied for skin, hair, and wound repair.

Skin & cosmeticRecovery & healingLongevity & anti-aging
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Good to know: Most positive human data come from small, often industry-sponsored topical cosmetic trials rather than large independent trials, and copper at high local concentrations can be pro-oxidant rather than protective.

How does GHK-Cu work?

The science

A naturally occurring copper-binding tripeptide (Gly-His-Lys) that delivers copper to enzymes regulating extracellular matrix remodeling, stimulating fibroblast production of collagen, elastin, and glycosaminoglycans.

Mechanism of action from published research — how the molecule behaves, not a claim about any product or any human-use effect.

What is GHK-Cu researched for?

Studied for skin rejuvenation, wound healing, and hair growth.

  • Skin & cosmeticStudied in cosmetic and skin research — collagen, elasticity, and appearance.
  • Recovery & healingStudied in tissue-repair research — tendon, ligament, muscle, and wound-healing models.
  • Longevity & anti-agingStudied in aging, cellular-senescence, and mitochondrial-function research.
How far has the research gone?

Widely studied — decades of preclinical work plus several small human skin trials showing increased collagen density versus vehicle or retinoic acid controls.

Where the science stands — an approved drug is not the same as the research-grade material a vendor sells, which is unregulated regardless.

What should I check before buying?
  • Independent purity. Look for a third-party COA (Janoshik or MZ) showing a measured purity — not just a number the vendor typed.
  • Batch match. The strongest evidence is a certificate for the exact batch you’ll receive, attributed to this vendor — check the cross-verification on the listing.
  • Vendor reputation. See how the vendor is talked about in the community before trusting a new name.

Research context only — VialGrade never gives dosing, medical, or human-use guidance.

Current market

The GHK-Cu market

Every GHK-Cu listing we track — 54 in all. The standout picks first where the evidence supports them, then the full table, ranked by what a milligram really costs wherever the vendor published a strength we can read.

Open full market

Compare by real cost

Every GHK-Cu listing, cheapest per mg first

Sticker prices hide the size, so listings are ranked by what a milligram actually costs — with independently tested purity where it exists. All 54 are here: the last 12 are listings whose vendor never published a strength we can read, so they have no per-mg figure to sort on.

#VendorSizePricePer mgTested purityReal $/active mg
1Umbrella Labs400mg total$80$0.20/mg · too cheap?—$0.20/mgbest valueView
2Umbrella LabsUnavailable200mg total$50$0.25/mg · too cheap?—$0.25/mgView
3Ascend Bio LabsUnavailable200mg total100mg / 2 Vials each$99$0.49/mg99.8%$0.50/mgView
4Chameleon PeptidesUnavailable1g total100mg · 10-vial kit each$520$0.52/mg99.9%$0.52/mgView
5Ez Peptides100mg total$53$0.53/mg—$0.53/mgView
6Simple Peptide100mg total$55$0.55/mg—$0.55/mgView
7Chameleon PeptidesUnavailable500mg total100mg · 5-vial pack each$289$0.58/mg99.9%$0.58/mgView
8Ascend Bio LabsUnavailable100mg total$58$0.58/mg99.8%$0.58/mgView
9Bluum Peptides100mg total$59$0.59/mg—$0.59/mgView
10Cernum BiosciencesUnavailable100mg total$60$0.60/mg—$0.60/mgView

Open the full GHK-Cu market

Real $/active mg divides the price-per-mg by the measured purity — the honest cost of the actual peptide, so a 90%-pure vial isn’t compared as if it were 99%. Too cheap? flags a listing far below the market rate — often underdosing or a fake, not a deal. The crown marks the cheapest non-outlier; best value marks the lowest real cost per active mg. A vendor shown as Unavailable or Low stock is priced here but not currently buyable.

Independent testing

GHK-Cu — independent lab tests

Real, publicly verifiable third-party tests. Purity is read from the certificate itself. A test reflects one lab’s result for one submitted batch — not a guarantee that every vial matches.

How does this data get here?

Every record below is a real certificate of analysis, gathered two ways: from the public verification feeds that independent labs (like Janoshik) publish, and from the certificates vendors post on their own product pages. We open each certificate document and read the measured purity, content, batch, and date directly off it — a scraper can’t read a number printed inside an image, so this is done by machine vision, then recorded here with a link back to the original.

Nothing here is typed in by a vendor or invented by us. Where a certificate is missing, we say so rather than filling the gap.

We re-check the lab feed, too. A “still listed” tag means the certificate is currently public in Janoshik’s database — we re-verify against the live feed and stamp the date. If a cert is later pulled, the tag flips. It’s a freshness check on the same source, not a second independent opinion.

What a certificate does & doesn’t prove

Three different questions. Purity (“how clean?”), identity (“is it the right molecule?”, a mass-spec test), and content (“did I get the labeled mg?”) are separate. A vial can be 99% pure and still be the wrong peptide, or the right peptide underdosed. We flag the measured dose against the label above; underdosing is the most common real fraud.

Who submitted the sample matters. Most of these are vendor-submitted — the seller chose which vial to send, so one good certificate doesn’t prove every batch is the same. The gold standard is a blind test, where a buyer sends a vial they bought as a normal customer. Same label doesn’t prove same product; same batch number doesn’t prove same batch.

100.0%

highest tested purity

CertificateManufacturerBatchPurityContent / doseLab
Certificate of analysisSports Technology Labs2026-04-1399.97%—MZ Biolabs View
Certificate of analysisChameleon PeptidesB002A99.92%47.28 mgJanoshik Analytical View
PeptideGurus10th June 202699.83%96.11/100mg · fullJanoshik Analytical Still listed Verify
Ascend Bio LabsV260602-23-00299.80%—Vanguard Laboratory Verify
PeptideGurus3rd June 202699.77%50.6/50mg · fullJanoshik Analytical Still listed Verify
GreyLabs.xyz058299.73%49.94 mgJanoshik Analytical Still listed Verify
https://crystalpeptides.eu/CU1002026-0299.68%94.44 mgJanoshik Analytical Still listed Verify
http://www.sahepeptides.com/—99.67%123.28/100mg ·Janoshik Analytical Still listed Verify

Tested batches

Batch test records for GHK-Cu

The full test history for one batch — who picked the sample, who tested it, and what came back. It describes the vials that were tested, never every vial they sold.

All batch records

What the research says

Scientific evidence & regulatory status

What the published literature actually shows about GHK-Cu — separate from any vendor’s marketing. Each finding links to its paper. This is education, not medical or dosing advice.

Regulatory status

No FDA-approved drug

Not FDA-approved as a drug; used as a topical cosmetic ingredient. FDA lists GHK-Cu for non-injectable routes in category 1 of the section 503A compounding nominations — under evaluation, not approved — while the injectable form was placed in category 2 for significant safety risks and its nomination withdrawn.

Honest overall read

GHK-Cu has a long biochemical and animal research record plus small topical cosmetic studies and is generally considered safe applied to skin, but robust human wound-healing RCTs are only now underway and injectable use is unproven.

Human studyTopical GHK-Cu Gel for Acute Skin Wound Healing (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT07437586)

A registered Phase 2 randomized, vehicle-controlled split-wound trial (recruiting as of 2026) is testing whether a topical 0.1% GHK-Cu gel speeds re-epithelialization of standardized acute skin wounds versus vehicle in healthy adults.

Ongoing trial with no published results yet; rigorous human wound-healing efficacy is still being evaluated.

read the source
ReviewGHK Peptide as a Natural Modulator of Multiple Cellular Pathways in Skin Regeneration (BioMed Research International, 2015)

A peer-reviewed review documents that the copper-binding tripeptide GHK, whose plasma levels decline with age, stimulates collagen and glycosaminoglycan synthesis, modulates metalloproteinases, and supports wound healing and skin remodeling in laboratory and animal models.

Most mechanistic data are in-vitro/animal; long-term systemic safety in humans is not established.

read the source

Commonly researched together

Often stacked with GHK-Cu

Compounds the research community frequently discusses alongside GHK-Cu. Not a protocol or a recommendation — a starting point for what to read about next.

US legal status

Research-use-only — not FDA-approved

Sold “for research use only,” this compound is not FDA-approved for human use and has not been evaluated for safety, purity, or sterility in people. It is generally not a scheduled controlled substance, so buying it as a research chemical is typically not itself a drug crime — but marketing or using it as a drug is not lawful, and it is not a dietary supplement.

Read the full US law →

General information, not legal or medical advice. VialGrade sells nothing and encourages no human use.

Research notes aren’t product proof

Research summaries describe published literature and market data only. They do not establish the identity, quality, safety, or legal status of any listed physical product.