Without copper properly bonded to the peptide, you lose these benefits entirely
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The inhibition is competitive glutathione competes with tyrosine (the amino acid tyrosinase acts on) for enzyme binding sites which is why the relationship between dosing, delivery method, and effect is not linear
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