Stacks
Protocols
Groupings that appear together in the literature. Intellectual shelves, not prescriptions.
RecoveryTissue-repair reference pair
BPC-157 and the actin-binding motif of thymosin β4 are the two sequences most often cited together in injury-model literature.
- Treat them as two mechanisms: cytoprotection / angiogenesis versus cytoskeletal remodeling.
- Typical catalog reconstitutions are 5 mg in 2 mL, which is 2.5 mg/mL.
- GHK-Cu is the dermal-remodeling neighbor, not a substitute.
Preclinical pairing is not a clinical protocol. No dosing advice is implied.
MetabolicOrthogonal GH secretagogues
A short-acting GHRH analog plus a selective ghrelin-receptor agonist — two receptors, one gland.
- No-DAC CJC-1295 is the pulsatile analog; do not confuse it with the Drug Affinity Complex form.
- Ipamorelin is documented as relatively spare on cortisol and prolactin versus older GHRPs.
- Tesamorelin is the clinical-grade GHRH reference if you need an approved-molecule benchmark.
Secretagogues are not growth hormone. They assume an intact pituitary axis in whatever system you are studying.
MetabolicIncretin-receptor map
GLP-1 versus dual agonists and GLP-3 — same neighborhood of energy-balance research, different receptor counts.
- Both are acylated; albumin binding is the half-life trick.
- Large, sticky peptides. Use low-binding plastics for quantitative work.
- AOD-9604 is a hormone fragment, not an incretin — keep it on a different shelf intellectually.
Registered medicines exist for both. Research-grade powder is not those products.
LongevityMitochondrial and pineal notes
A mitochondrial-encoded 16-mer and a pineal tetrapeptide — two short sequences used in aging-adjacent assays.
- MOTS-c is an MDP with AMPK-linked literature.
- Epithalon’s telomerase claims sit in a narrow corpus; sequence identity is the solid fact.
- Neither is a secretagogue or an incretin.
Longevity language is where peptide writing goes to invent. Prefer receptors, masses, and papers.
CognitiveRegulatory neuropeptides
Two Russian-school heptapeptides used as references in anxiolytic and neurotrophic experimental work.
- Selank is tuftsin-derived; Semax is an ACTH(4–7) analog.
- Both are short-lived; literature often discusses fragments and gene-expression after-effects.
- Methionine in Semax is a storage liability.
Limited independent replication. Useful as sequences; modest as conclusions.