Synthetic pentadecapeptide

BPC-157

Also catalogued as BPC 157, Pentadecapeptide BPC 157, Body protection compound 157.

CAS number: 137525-51-0
Molecular formula: C62H98N16O22
Molecular weight: 1419.53 g/mol
PubChem CID: 9941957

Identity

CAS number: 137525-51-0
Molecular formula: C62H98N16O22
Molecular weight: 1419.53 g/mol
Residues: 15
PubChem CID: 9941957

Sequence: GEPPPGKPADDAGLV

What it is

BPC-157 is a synthetic peptide of fifteen amino-acid residues: glycine, glutamate, proline, proline, proline, glycine, lysine, proline, alanine, aspartate, aspartate, alanine, glycine, leucine, valine. The sequence corresponds to a partial sequence of body protection compound (BPC), a protein identified in human gastric juice.

The peptide was first described in 1993 by Sikirić and colleagues, who reported the parent gastric-juice protein and the synthetic fragment together. The material is produced by chemical synthesis; it is not isolated from biological sources.

Regulatory status

BPC-157 is not an approved drug in any jurisdiction. It appears on the World Anti-Doping Agency prohibited list under S0 (non-approved substances).

Primary literature

Sikirić P, Petek M, Ručman R, et al. A new gastric juice peptide, BPC. An overview of the stomach-stress-organoprotection hypothesis and beneficial effects of BPC. Journal de Physiologie (Paris) 1993;87(5):313–327.
PMID 8298609

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What it is

Primary literature

Citation titles are reproduced verbatim from the journal record. A citation documents the molecule's published identity and history; it is not a claim about the material sold here.