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What does BPC-157 stand for?

BPC stands for 'Body Protection Compound'; the review that gives the name calls the peptide a pentadecapeptide isolated from human gastric juice.

Gastric pentadecapeptideUpdated

Short answer

BPC stands for 'Body Protection Compound'; the review that gives the name calls the peptide a pentadecapeptide isolated from human gastric juice.[1]

Papers spell the name differently; a bladder pain pilot wrote it as 'Body Protective Compound 157'.[2]

Where the name comes from

A systematic review describes it as a naturally occurring gastric peptide, which fits the 'gastric' wording seen in older rat papers.[3]

An older rat study titled the peptide 'gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157' and used it in a stomach ulcer model.[4]

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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. 2Effect of BPC-157 on Symptoms in Patients with Interstitial Cystitis: A Pilot Study.Alternative therapies in health and medicine · 2024PMID 39325560Accessed 2 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
  4. 4Protective effects of pentadecapeptide BPC 157 on gastric ulcer in rats.World journal of gastroenterology · 2004PMID 15052688Accessed 2 Oct 2026

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