Recovery & Repair

What labs study it for

Tissue and blood-vessel research. Labs use it in cell cultures and rodent models to study how cells move, how new small blood vessels form, and how gut lining tissue behaves.

What this compound is

BPC-157 is a laboratory-made peptide of fifteen amino acids. The laboratory that originated it reported the sequence as a section of a larger Body Protection Compound said to occur in human gastric juice, which is where the name comes from; that parent protein has not been independently isolated or sequenced by other groups. In the laboratory it is used as a tool compound in cell-culture and rodent studies of cell migration, blood-vessel formation (angiogenesis) and nitric-oxide signalling. Published work comes largely from a small number of research groups, is early-stage, and has not been established in humans; it is not approved for any medical use.

Chemical description

BPC-157. Supplied lyophilized. Lot-specific HPLC and MS documentation accompanies each unit.

Studied in

Cell migration · Angiogenesis signalling · Gastrointestinal tissue models

What labs study it for

Inflammation research. Labs use this tiny three-amino-acid peptide to study inflammatory signalling in cultured cells and in models of the gut lining and skin.

What this compound is

KPV is a peptide of just three amino acids: lysine, proline and valine. The sequence is the tail end (residues 11-13) of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone, a signalling molecule involved in pigmentation and inflammatory regulation. Because it is the smallest active fragment, laboratories use it as a probe for melanocortin-related inflammatory signalling in cultured cells and in animal models of mucosal inflammation, without the pigmentation activity of the full hormone. It is not approved for any medical use.

Chemical description

KPV. Supplied lyophilized. Lot-specific HPLC and MS documentation accompanies each unit.

Studied in

Melanocortin signalling · Inflammatory pathway models · Mucosal biology

What labs study it for

Tissue research with a two-peptide mixture. Labs use it to study how the pair affects cell movement and tissue models compared with BPC-157 or TB-500 alone.

What this compound is

A supplier-defined blend of BPC-157 (10 mg, CAS 137525-51-0) and TB-500 (10 mg, CAS 77591-33-4) in one lyophilized vial. As a mixture it has no single CAS number, molecular formula or molecular weight of its own; per-component purity is given on the lot certificate of analysis. Laboratories that need defined single-compound material should order the components individually. Not approved for any medical use.

Chemical description

BPC-157 / TB-500 Blend. Supplied lyophilized. Lot-specific HPLC and MS documentation accompanies each unit.

Studied in

Mixture characterisation · Cell migration