Immune system and inflammation
Can I do anything about chronic inflammation?
Inflammation is measurable, and that is both the strength and the trap of this category. A compound can lower a marker without changing anything a person would notice.
20 compounds studied for this · 4 with three or more human studies cited · 8 with none
Three or more human studies cited 4
The deepest human evidence on this site for this goal. That is a statement about how much has been measured, not about whether it will work for you.
BPC-157
5 citedA pentadecapeptide with a large animal literature on tendon, ligament, muscle and gut healing, and a small human record:...
Healing & RecoveryThymalin
4 citedA calf-thymus peptide preparation used clinically in the Soviet Union and Russia since the 1980s, with a large Russian c...
ImmuneARA-290
3 citedAn EPO-derived peptide that activates tissue-protective repair signaling without raising red blood cells, studied for ne...
Healing & RecoveryThymopentin
3 citedA pentapeptide fragment of thymopoietin studied and used in some countries as an immune modulator.
ImmuneOne or two human studies cited 8
Something has been run in people, and it is a thin base. The count is on each card so you can see exactly how thin.
Thymosin Alpha-1
2 citedAn immune-modulating thymic peptide approved in many countries for hepatitis and used as an immune adjuvant.
ImmuneLL-37
2 citedThe main human cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide, central to innate immunity and wound healing, with a complex double-e...
ImmuneVIP
2 citedA signaling peptide with broad roles in immunity, inflammation, and blood flow, studied intranasally for chronic inflamm...
Healing & RecoveryQuercetin
2 citedA common dietary flavonoid used as a senolytic, most notably paired with the drug dasatinib in human senescence trials.
LongevityRapamycin
2 citedAn FDA-approved mTOR inhibitor that extends lifespan in animals and is widely studied off-label at low, intermittent dos...
LongevityBGE-102
2 citedBioAge's brain-penetrant NLRP3 inhibitor that cut the inflammation marker hsCRP by a median 86% in two weeks in Phase 1,...
LongevityThymogen
1 citedA synthetic dipeptide immune modulator derived from thymus peptide research, used in Russia to support immune function.
ImmuneFisetin
1 citedA plant flavonoid and leading natural senolytic. One mouse study reported extended lifespan; the multi-site programme bu...
LongevityNo human study cited here 8
Studied in other species or in cell culture, or studied in people for something else entirely. Listed rather than hidden, because knowing a thing has not been tested in a person is the useful part.
KPV
none citedA small anti-inflammatory tripeptide derived from alpha-MSH studied for gut inflammation and skin, mostly in preclinical...
Healing & RecoveryThymulin
none citedA zinc-dependent thymic hormone studied for immune regulation, inflammation, and pain, mostly in preclinical work.
ImmuneVilon
none citedA synthetic dipeptide from the Khavinson bioregulator research studied for immune and anti-aging effects.
Anti-agingAlpha-MSH
none citedThe natural melanocortin hormone behind skin pigmentation, appetite, and inflammation, and the template for melanotan an...
MelanocortinKLOW blend
none citedA four-peptide vendor blend, typically 50 mg GHK-Cu with 10 mg each of KPV, BPC-157 and TB-500, sold for repair and infl...
Healing & RecoveryPNC-27
none citedAn in-vitro cancer-cell-lysing peptide sold online as a cancer cure in nebulized, injectable and other forms; the FDA wa...
ImmuneBronchogen
none citedA Khavinson tetrapeptide sold for lung and bronchial health; in-vitro work only, from one group, with no human trials or...
ImmuneChonluten
none citedA Khavinson tripeptide sold for lung and mucosal health; patent-level and single-paper evidence.
ImmuneWhat the number counts, exactly
The figure on each card is the number of citations on that compound’s page whose study type is Human. It is counted the same mechanical way for all 192 compounds and you can check any of it by opening the profile and reading the citation list, which is the whole point of publishing a number at all.
It is a count of what we cite, not a claim about how much research exists. A compound with three human studies here may have thirty in the literature, and the honest thing to say is that we have read and listed three. It is also not a quality score: three small open-label studies count the same as three randomised trials, so the tiers tell you how much was measured in people and the page itself tells you how well.