melanotanII (China)

MelanotanII is popular with athletes and fitness enthusiasts who wish to have the look of a tanned body, which will give you a tan without getting sunburnt. but would rather not expose themselves to the potentially harmful rays of the sun.Melanotan II is an analog of the peptide hormone alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone that induces skin tanning. Melanotan research has been ongoing at the University of Arizona since the mid 1980's and is currently being headed by Dr. Victor Hruby. Researchers there knew that one of the best defenses against skin cancer was a natural tan which has been slowly developed over weeks.angelaz527(at) . They hypothesized that an effective way to reduce skin cancer rates in people would be to induce the body's natural tanning system to produce a protective tan prior to UV exposure. They knew the body's naturally occurring hormone alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone caused melanogenesis, a process by which the skin's tanning cells (melanocytes) produce the skin's tanning pigment (melanin). With that knowledge they tested to see if administering this hormone to the body directly could be an effective method to cause sunless tanning. What they found was that while it appeared to work, natural alpha-MSH had too short a half life in the body to be practical as a therapeutic drug. So they decided to try and find a more potent and stable alternative, one that would be more practical.