IGF-1 DES is a truncated version (des(1-3)IGF-1) that has higher potency at the receptor (~5-10x) but a very short half-life (~2030 minutes)
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PubMed Ascorbic acid showed linear concentration-response antioxidant activity in FRAP assays with half-maximal effective concentration values consistent with literature standards