Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, has called the entire peptide craze unfounded
The samples were analyzed using a polarity-switching full-scan mass spectrometry method at 17,500 resolution with spray voltages +3.5 kV and -2.5 kV in the positive and negative ion modes, respectively, with scan range m/z 120 - 1600
evidence for carrier-mediated influx of manganese citrate as well as manganese and manganese transferrin
Maintains oxidative balance by reducing free radical damage
J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 63:10581071 Ciriolo MR, Palamara AT, Incerpi S, Lafavia E, Bue MC, De Vito P, Garaci E, Rotilio G (1997) Loss of GSH, oxidative stress, and decrease of intracellular pH as sequential steps in viral infection
Some preliminary work in this area exists