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Is BPC-157 a steroid?

No: the literature describes it as a peptide, specifically a pentadecapeptide first described from human gastric juice, not as a steroid.

Gastric pentadecapeptideUpdated

Short answer

No: the literature describes it as a peptide, specifically a pentadecapeptide first described from human gastric juice, not as a steroid.[1]

Another paper classes it as an anti-ulcer peptidergic agent, again placing it among peptides.[2]

What it is grouped with

A systematic review calls it a naturally occurring gastric peptide.[3]

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Sources

  1. 1Multifunctionality and Possible Medical Application of the BPC 157 Peptide-Literature and Patent Review.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025PMID 40005999Accessed 11 Oct 2026
  2. 2Toxicity by NSAIDs. Counteraction by stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157.Current pharmaceutical design · 2013PMID 22950504Accessed 11 Oct 2026
  3. 3Emerging Use of BPC-157 in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine: A Systematic Review.HSS journal : the musculoskeletal journal of Hospital for Special Surgery · 2025PMID 40756949Accessed 2 Oct 2026

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