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Research-only / no approved brandResearch peptide / tissue repair

BPC-157

Also indexed as BPC 157 · Body Protection Compound 157 · stable gastric pentadecapeptide

BPC-157 is a 15-amino-acid research peptide with a large preclinical literature concentrated in a Zagreb research group. The human evidence and product identity questions are much thinner than the online certainty suggests.

Last reviewed 2026-09-07 · education only

MAPA EM LINGUAGEM SIMPLES

O que aparece na literatura

Published work discusses proposed effects across gastrointestinal, vascular and repair-related biology, but the mechanisms remain research hypotheses and the animal record does not establish a human treatment pathway.

THE PAPER TRAIL

History & development

  1. 1992–1993

    Early PubMed-indexed work from Predrag Sikiric and colleagues described a new peptide isolated from human gastric juice and studied its protective effects in animal models.

    Source: PubMed record on BPC-157 ↗

  2. 2011

    A review in Current Pharmaceutical Design summarized the stable gastric pentadecapeptide literature and its proposed gastrointestinal biology.

    Source: PubMed review ↗

  3. 2025

    A critical review highlighted the concentration of the record in one research group and the limits on translating it to humans.

    Source: 2025 literature review ↗

NAME CHECK

Approved brands & pathway

No approved branded product listed for this research identity.

BPC-157 is presented for research-name and evidence literacy. A research name does not authenticate a product or establish a human-use pathway.

ENTRADAS VINCULADAS

Entradas de evidência

Inflammation

Tema: Inflammation · arthritis · Categoria: Inflammation

Grau C

BPC-157

O que a fonte sustenta

Preclinical research interest

Reviews and animal studies describe adjuvant-arthritis models and inflammatory pathways; the signal is not human arthritis evidence.

Limite: No adequate clinical evidence establishes efficacy or safety for human arthritis; BPC-157 is not approved for standard medical use.

Fonte: 2025 literature review · PubMed Ler fonte ↗

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Inflammation

Tema: Inflammation · gastrointestinal research · Categoria: Inflammation

Grau C

BPC-157

O que a fonte sustenta

Preclinical research interest

A review discusses NSAID-associated injury and rat models, including proposed nitric-oxide-related mechanisms.

Limite: Preclinical findings and review claims do not establish a human treatment pathway or dose.

Fonte: Review · PubMed Ler fonte ↗

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EVIDENCE AT A GLANCE

Grade mix in this atlas

Grades describe the cited record for a narrow question. They do not score a marketplace material or make a health decision.

MARGIN NOTES

Naming curiosities & useful distinctions

  • BPC is used in the literature for Body Protection Compound; the number 157 is part of the research name.
  • “TB-500” and BPC-157 often appear together in marketplace language, but they are different research identities.

A concentrated evidence base

A long bibliography can still be concentrated in one lab. That provenance question matters when the claim jumps from animal models to human use.

2025 BPC-157 critical review ↗

Research name literacy

The BPC-157 name identifies a research subject in papers; it does not authenticate a vial, formulation, route or seller listing.

FDA online product safety ↗

PESSOAS E ORGANIZAÇÕES

Nomes no registro

Principal research group

Predrag Sikiric and colleagues at the University of Zagreb

The public literature identifies the Zagreb group as the main source of foundational BPC-157 work; this is not a claim of sole invention.

PubMed / University of Zagreb literature ↗

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