Pheomelanin is lighter than eumelanin so it makes the skin appear lighter when cysteine is present
The activities of (square-root transformed) GPX and SOD were similar between positive and negative horses (GPX, t -test = 0.55, P = 0.59
Beyond pigment, its role as an antioxidant helps protect the skin from the visible effects of environmental damage, such as sun exposure and pollution
Front Physiol 9:180 Rehman A, Leibowitz A, Yamamoto N, Rautureau Y, Paradis P, Schiffrin EL (2012) Angiotensin type 2 receptor agonist compound 21 reduces vascular injury and myocardial fibrosis in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats
Semax 5mg, for instance, shows clear neuroprotective and cognitive-enhancing effects via BDNF pathways
(Gupta JK and Qureshi Shaiba Sana, 2015) Alleviates pain in patients with diabetic neuropathy, low back pain and neuralgia