Research area
Metabolic Research
This area looks at how the body turns food into energy, and how it decides to store fuel or burn it.
What this area studies
Researchers here look at how the body turns food into energy, and how it decides to store fuel or burn it.
Your body already runs this job on peptide messages. Insulin is one of them. So that is where researchers looked.
Compounds we hold a record for
Appearing here means the name turns up in this field of study. It does not mean the compound does anything.
Also named in this area
GLP-1 drugs
GLP-1 is a real hormone your gut makes. Semaglutide copies it.
GLP-2
A second real hormone from the same parent molecule. It acts on the gut lining.
“GLP-3”
Not a real human hormone. Sellers use the name for newer drugs that hit three targets at once. Worth knowing before you buy something called that.
AOD-9604
A piece of human growth hormone.
Cagrilintide
Copies a hormone called amylin.
5-Amino-1MQ
Not a peptide. It is a small molecule that blocks an enzyme. It gets sold next to peptides, so people assume it is one.
We do not hold a full record for these yet.
How strong is the evidence?
Read this before anything else
Most of what is known about the newer names here comes from animals and cells, not from people.
Sources
- Comparing GLP-1 and GLP-2 NIH / PMC
- Proglucagon and its peptides across mammals NIH / PMC
- What “GLP-3” actually refers to Forbes Health
- MOTS-c and metabolic disorders NIH / PMC
We link what we read. Where a source found nothing, we link that too — a page that only cites the positive results is not a source list, it is an advert.
This is not a shopping list and it is not advice. None of these is approved
for people to take. Talk to a doctor about your health.