Research area
Compounds studied in models of gastric and intestinal injury, inflammatory bowel disease and mucosal healing.
This is a field of scientific investigation, not a category of treatment. A compound listed here has been studied in this context; that is not a claim that it treats any condition. See how we grade the evidence.
2 compounds
Also known as Body Protection Compound 157, PL 14736, PL-10
Tissue & Recovery Research • Gastrointestinal Research
A synthetic 15-amino-acid sequence derived from a protein found in human gastric juice. Extensively studied in rodent injury models; almost no published controlled human data.
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Also known as NNC 26-0161, Ipamorelin acetate
Growth Hormone & Endocrine Research • Gastrointestinal Research
A selective growth hormone secretagogue that reached Phase 2 human trials for postoperative ileus — where it missed its primary endpoint. One of the few compounds in this space with a published, well-conducted negative trial.
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Peptide Science
Peptides are short chains of amino acids. What separates a peptide from a protein, why the body uses them as signals, and why that makes them both useful drugs and difficult ones.
Regulation
The phrase appears on nearly every research peptide sold online. It is a statement by the seller about intended use — not a regulatory designation, and not a safety assessment.
Clinical Trials
How to search ClinicalTrials.gov for a peptide, what each field on a trial record means, and how to tell an active programme from an abandoned one.
Guides
Nine questions that separate a study which tells you something from one that only looks like it does — written for readers without a research background.