Using synthetic peptides as actives

Heidi Moser, Dr Marc Heidl – Pentapharm, Switzerland

The first synthetic peptides which were successfully introduced to the cosmetic market are the copper peptide-1 (Cu-GHK) in 2001 and the palmitoyl pentapeptide-3 (Pal-KTTKS) in 2002. Many others followed in the meantime and there are still more to come.

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