Peptides for Targeting Chondrogenic Induction and Cartilage Regeneration in Osteoarthritis, Liao H.J., Chen H.T., Chang C.H., Journal (Cartilage, September 2024, Epub ahead of print)
Croatian researchers isolated the full, larger peptide BPC in 1998 from gastric juices and found the 15 amino acid sequence, BPC-157 to be the active part responsible for its clinical effects (the story of how it was discovered is fascinating, but that is a conversation for a different day if there is enough interest, let me know below)
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Cytoprotective effect of copper(II) complexes against ethanol-induced damage to rat gastric mucosa
The other advantage of glycine is it works on phase 2 liver detoxification, which is amino acid conjugation