Peptides for Dummies
Plain-language summaries of what the research actually says about the 10 most-studied peptides. Every study labeled human or animal.
This site collects medium-depth, source-backed articles about the peptides researchers and the public are most curious about. For each one we summarize the real studies, flag whether the work was done in people or in animals, and link to the sources so you can read the papers yourself.
BPC-157 🐀 Animal
Body Protection Compound — a pentadecapeptide with a large preclinical literature on tissue repair.
Epitalon 🐀 Animal
A pineal-gland tetrapeptide studied mostly in Russian labs in cell and animal ageing models.
GHK-Cu 🧑🐀 Both
Copper-binding tripeptide with gene-expression and skin-research studies in humans and animals.
Kisspeptin-10 🧑🐀 Both
Decapeptide studied as a GPR54 agonist in HPG-axis research in both humans and rodents.
Retatrutide 🧑🐀 Both
Triple agonist (GIP, GLP-1, glucagon) in active clinical trials for obesity and metabolic disease.
Selank 🧑🐀 Both
Russian anxiolytic heptapeptide — small human trials plus a large rodent literature.
Semax 🧑🐀 Both
ACTH(4-7) analogue studied for neurotrophic effects; used clinically in Russia, studied in rats elsewhere.
TB-500 🐀 Animal
Synthetic fragment of Thymosin Beta-4 studied in cell culture and animal injury models.
Ipamorelin 🧑🐀 Both
Selective GH-secretagogue tested in early human pharmacology studies and in rats and pigs.
CJC-1295 🧑🐀 Both
Long-acting GHRH analogue studied in healthy adult pharmacology trials and preclinical work.