The Pet Peptide Ledger

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Compound files

One file per peptide: what it is, what the animal research shows, and what owners report. BPC-157, TB-500, KPV, GHK-Cu, and more.

Compound file · No. 01

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BPC-157

*The most-studied recovery peptide in the animal literature.* A short protein fragment modeled on a stomach protein, anchored by decades of rodent research and one well-known pharmacokinetic study in beagle dogs.

bpc-157tb-500dogscatshorses

Compound file · No. 02

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GHK-Cu

Three amino acids and a copper atom, studied since the 1980s. GHK-Cu built its reputation in skin and connective-tissue research, and the coat-quality conversation grew straight out of that work.

ghk-cudogshorses

Compound file · No. 03

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Glutathione

Every cell in your dog, cat, or horse already makes it. Researchers have spent decades asking what happens when they can't make enough.

glutathionedogscatshorses

Compound file · No. 04

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KPV

Three amino acids clipped from a hormone your pet's body already makes, and one of the more studied gut-immune peptides in the preclinical literature. Here is what the mouse colitis work actually examined, and why digestive-upset owners keep bringing it up.

kpvdogscats

Compound file · No. 05

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TB-500

*A lab-made copy of a peptide your animal's body already produces.* TB-500 is a synthetic fragment of thymosin beta-4 studied for cell migration and soft-tissue maintenance, with an unusually deep horse literature courtesy of the racing world.

tb-500bpc-157horsesdogscats