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The research archive, openly discussed.

A member-supported educational community. Every compound gets a plain-language guide of what the studies actually showed and where the evidence runs out, and every guide opens onto its own forum, so the reference material and the argument about it live in one place.

Research and educational discussion only — not medical advice

15Compounds
75Studies indexed
50Discussions
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BPC-157
PreclinicalUnapproved

BPC-157

Synthetic pentadecapeptide (gastric peptide fragment)

A 15-amino-acid sequence with a large, remarkably consistent animal literature, almost all of it from a small affiliated research network, and no completed human trial reporting results.

2Studies indexed
MembersDiscussions
0Following
CJC-1295
Early

CJC-1295

Growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) analogue

A GHRH analogue with early human pharmacokinetic data and no efficacy programme. The DAC and non-DAC versions are pharmacologically very different and are constantly conflated.

1studies1Available to members
MT-2

Melanotan II (MT-2)

Non-selective melanocortin receptor agonist

A non-selective melanocortin agonist with a documented adverse event record including case reports of changing and new melanocytic lesions. Included as a catalogue entry precisely because of that record.

Preclinical2studies1Available to members
GHK-Cu

GHK-Cu

Copper-binding tripeptide

A copper-binding tripeptide with extensive in vitro data and modest topical cosmetic evidence. The gap between the gene-expression literature and what topical application does is very wide.

Mechanistic2studies2Available to members
MOTS-c

MOTS-c

Mitochondrial-derived peptide

A mitochondrial-derived peptide with interesting metabolic biology in mice and essentially no human interventional data. Currently a research finding, not a therapy.

Mechanistic2studies1Available to members
GHRP-6

GHRP-6

Ghrelin receptor agonist / growth hormone secretagogue

An early growth hormone secretagogue, notable mostly for producing intense hunger and for raising cortisol and prolactin alongside GH.

Early1studies1Available to members
Hexarelin
Preclinical

Hexarelin

Ghrelin receptor agonist / growth hormone secretagogue

A potent GH secretagogue with pronounced tachyphylaxis and a separate cardiac literature that is more interesting than its GH effects.

1studies1Available to members
IGF-1 LR3

IGF-1 LR3

Modified insulin-like growth factor 1 analogue

A cell-culture reagent, engineered to evade the binding proteins that regulate IGF-1 in the body. That modification is exactly why it should not be administered to people.

Preclinical1studies1Available to members
AOD-9604

AOD-9604

Growth hormone C-terminal fragment

A growth hormone fragment that completed a phase 2b obesity trial and did not beat placebo. One of the few entries here with a proper negative result.

Early1studies1Available to members
FS-344

Follistatin-344 (FS-344)

Activin-binding glycoprotein isoform

A myostatin-binding protein with dramatic animal results and essentially no human data for the administered protein. The gap between the two is the whole story.

Mechanistic1studies1Available to members
DSIP

DSIP

Nonapeptide, putative sleep modulator

Named for an effect that later work struggled to reproduce. A nine-amino-acid peptide with fifty years of inconsistent literature and no established receptor.

Mechanistic1studies1Available to members
Epitalon
Mechanistic

Epitalon

Synthetic tetrapeptide

A four-amino-acid peptide carrying extraordinary longevity claims on an evidence base that is almost entirely one research group.

1studies1Available to members
KPV

KPV

Alpha-MSH C-terminal tripeptide

The three-residue anti-inflammatory tail of alpha-MSH, with consistent preclinical gut and skin data and no completed human trial.

Preclinical1studies1Available to members
LL-37

LL-37

Human cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide

The only human cathelicidin, with a very large basic-science literature and a small clinical one. Its dual role, antimicrobial and immunomodulatory, is also why its effects are hard to predict.

Early2studies1Available to members
Humanin

Humanin

Mitochondrial-derived peptide

A peptide encoded in mitochondrial DNA, of real scientific interest as a signalling molecule, with no interventional human trial of it as a therapy.

Preclinical2studies1Available to members

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