Injury, healing and recovery
Will this help me heal faster?
Where the peptide world is loudest and the human evidence is thinnest. The gap between the two is the reason this section exists, and every page states which side of it a compound sits on.
25 compounds studied for this · 4 with three or more human studies cited · 12 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 & RecoveryARA-290
3 citedAn EPO-derived peptide that activates tissue-protective repair signaling without raising red blood cells, studied for ne...
Healing & RecoveryLarazotide
3 citedAn investigational gut-barrier peptide for celiac disease that reached Phase 3 but was terminated by the sponsor without...
Healing & RecoveryLorecivivint
3 citedAn injected Wnt-pathway small molecule for knee osteoarthritis whose two published Phase 3 pain trials both missed their...
Healing & RecoveryOne or two human studies cited 9
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.
TB-500
2 citedA seven-residue fragment of thymosin beta-4 sold under a research name. No published study has given TB-500 to people; t...
Healing & RecoveryThymosin Beta-4
2 citedA naturally occurring actin-binding peptide studied for wound healing, cardiac repair, and eye conditions; the parent mo...
Healing & RecoveryLL-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 & RecoveryDasatinib
2 citedAn FDA-approved leukemia drug repurposed in research as a senolytic, most often combined with quercetin to clear senesce...
LongevityIpamorelin
1 citedA selective growth hormone secretagogue and ghrelin receptor agonist that stimulates pulsatile GH release with minimal e...
Growth HormoneSemax
1 citedA synthetic heptapeptide approved in Russia for stroke and cognitive disorders, studied for BDNF-driven neuroprotection.
Nootropic & CNSL-Carnitine
1 citedAn amino-acid-derived compound essential for fat metabolism, FDA-approved for genuine deficiency and widely used for ene...
Muscle & PerformanceVerteporfin
1 citedAn approved eye drug that, injected into wounds in mice, produced regeneration without scars in a landmark 2021 Science...
Healing & RecoveryNo human study cited here 12
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.
IGF-1 LR3
none citedA long-acting analogue of IGF-1 studied in animal models for muscle growth and tissue repair.
Growth HormoneGHK-Cu
none citedA naturally occurring copper-binding tripeptide widely used in skincare and studied for wound healing and skin remodelin...
Healing & RecoveryKPV
none citedA small anti-inflammatory tripeptide derived from alpha-MSH studied for gut inflammation and skin, mostly in preclinical...
Healing & RecoveryGLP-2
none citedA natural gut hormone that promotes growth and repair of the intestinal lining, the basis for the drug teduglutide.
MetabolicDSIP
none citedA naturally occurring peptide studied for sleep, stress resilience, and pain, with limited and inconsistent human eviden...
Nootropic & CNSThymulin
none citedA zinc-dependent thymic hormone studied for immune regulation, inflammation, and pain, mostly in preclinical work.
ImmunePentadeca Arginate
none citedThe same 15 amino acid sequence as BPC-157 with an arginine salt instead of acetate, created as a compounding workaround...
Healing & RecoveryKLOW 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 & RecoveryGLOW blend
none citedA three-peptide vendor blend (GHK-Cu, BPC-157, TB-500, typically 70 mg) marketed for skin and recovery; unstudied as a c...
CosmeticCortagen
none citedA four amino acid Khavinson bioregulator sold as the defined-sequence cousin of Cortexin for brain recovery; animal data...
Nootropic & CNSAc-SDKP
none citedThe N-terminal four amino acids of thymosin beta-4, a natural anti-fibrotic peptide broken down by ACE (which is why ACE...
Healing & RecoveryB7-33
none citedA simplified relaxin analog that activates the RXFP1 receptor with a bias toward anti-fibrotic signaling; animal and cel...
Healing & RecoveryWhat 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.