Read the research
for yourself.
We don’t publish guides. Instead, here are independent places where the published scientific record lives, so you can read it firsthand.
These links lead to independent resources run by government agencies, universities and non-profit publishers. Haus of Peps isn’t affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by any of them, and we don’t control what they publish or how long they keep it online. We share them for general reference only, so you can read the wider scientific record for yourself. What you’ll find there is the authors’ own work, not claims we make about anything we sell. Nothing on this page, or behind these links, is medical advice or guidance on using any product. For laboratory research use only. Not for human or animal consumption.
Research databases
Free, public databases run by the US National Library of Medicine and other public bodies. They’re where published research lives, and anyone can search them.
- PubMedNational Library of Medicine (NIH)
- PubMed Central (PMC)National Library of Medicine (NIH)
- PubChemNational Center for Biotechnology Information (NIH)
- PubMed User GuideNational Library of Medicine (NIH)
- ClinicalTrials.govNational Library of Medicine (NIH)
- MeSH: PeptidesNational Library of Medicine (NIH)
- NCBI BookshelfNational Center for Biotechnology Information (NIH)
Background reading
Open textbooks and reference pages from non-profit and public publishers. They give a plain introduction to what peptides are and to how chemists describe what’s in a sample.
- Biology 2e, 3.4 ProteinsOpenStax (Rice University, non-profit)
- The Structure of Proteins: An Overview (Fundamentals of Biochemistry)LibreTexts (non-profit open textbook project)
- SRM DefinitionsNational Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Analytical Chemistry 2.1David Harvey, DePauw UniversityLibreTexts (non-profit open textbook project)
Selected papers
A few review and mechanism papers, listed exactly as they were published.
- Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 and the central nervous systemVukojevic et al., Neural Regen Res, 2022PubMed (NLM/NIH)
- Glutathione synthesisLu, Biochim Biophys Acta, 2013PubMed (NLM/NIH)
- The Mitochondrial-Encoded Peptide MOTS-c Translocates to the Nucleus to Regulate Nuclear Gene Expression in Response to Metabolic StressKim et al., Cell Metab, 2018PubMed (NLM/NIH)
- Ipamorelin, the first selective growth hormone secretagogueRaun et al., Eur J Endocrinol, 1998PubMed (NLM/NIH)
Compound records
Each compound below links to its public PubChem record and to a PubMed search of the published literature. Compounds are listed by their scientific names. Search results can include every kind of study, and their findings are the authors’ own, not claims we make.
- 5-Amino-1-methylquinoliniumPubChem recordPubMed search
- BPC-157PubChem recordPubMed search
- BremelanotidePubChem recordPubMed search
- CJC-1295PubChem recordPubMed search
- Delta sleep-inducing peptidePubChem recordPubMed search
- ElamipretidePubChem recordPubMed search
- EpitalonPubChem recordPubMed search
- FOXO4-DRIPubChem recordPubMed search
- GHK-Cu (copper tripeptide-1)PubChem recordPubMed search
- GlutathionePubChem recordPubMed search
- IpamorelinPubChem recordPubMed search
- Kisspeptin-10PubChem recordPubMed search
- KPV (Lys-Pro-Val)PubChem recordPubMed search
- Long R3 IGF-IPubMed search
- Melanotan IIPubChem recordPubMed search
- MethylcobalaminPubChem recordPubMed search
- MOTS-cPubChem recordPubMed search
- Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)PubChem recordPubMed search
- OxytocinPubChem recordPubMed search
- SelankPubChem recordPubMed search
- SemaxPubChem recordPubMed search
- SermorelinPubChem recordPubMed search
- SLU-PP-332PubChem recordPubMed search
- TesamorelinPubChem recordPubMed search
- Thymosin beta-4 fragment (Ac-LKKTETQ)PubChem recordPubMed search