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BPC-157Body Protection Compound 157

Every second, the stomach performs a task that should be impossible: it dissolves protein while being made of protein.

Something in gastric juice protects the stomach from what the stomach does. A laboratory in Zagreb spent decades isolating it. BPC-157 is fifteen amino acids taken from what they found.

⚠ Names sold under "BPC-157" are not all the same thing

BPC-157 arginate salt is a distinct salt form, sold separately. "Stable BPC-157" is a marketing designation, not a chemical one. The free peptide described below is the substance in the published literature.

Identity

Canonical name
BPC-157
Aliases
Body Protection Compound 157 · PL 14736 · PL-10 · Bepecin · pentadecapeptide BPC 157
Not to be confused with
BPC-157 arginate salt — a distinct salt form sold separately. "Stable BPC-157" — a marketing designation, not a chemical one.

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