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GHRP-6 and GHRP-2 both come up in the same conversations; they overlap on Growth Hormone and Appetite. GHRP-6: GHRP-6 is one of the original growth hormone-releasing hexapeptides, a ghrelin-receptor agonist that prompts a pulse of the body's own growth hormone along with a marked increase in appetite. GHRP-2: GHRP-2 (pralmorelin) is a synthetic growth hormone secretagogue, a ghrelin-mimetic that binds the ghrelin receptor (GHS-R1a) to trigger a pulse of the body's own growth hormone, and it also stimulates appetite and, to a lesser degree, ACTH and cortisol.
GHRP-6 is one of the original growth hormone-releasing hexapeptides, a ghrelin-receptor agonist that prompts a pulse of the body's own growth hormone along with a marked increase in appetite. A distinct and much-studied second property is growth-hormone-independent cytoprotection: acting through the scavenger receptor CD36, it has reduced oxidative damage and necrosis in animal models of myocardial infarction and other tissue injury. It is used as a research peptide and has been employed diagnostically in tests of growth-hormone secretion.
GHRP-2 (pralmorelin) is a synthetic growth hormone secretagogue, a ghrelin-mimetic that binds the ghrelin receptor (GHS-R1a) to trigger a pulse of the body's own growth hormone, and it also stimulates appetite and, to a lesser degree, ACTH and cortisol. Its growth-hormone response is reliable enough that it has been used clinically as a formal test of growth-hormone reserve, and it remains active by oral and intranasal routes. It is studied in the context of growth hormone deficiency, body composition, and recovery, and is used as a research peptide.
both fingerprints on one instrument; where the marks line up the two compounds work the same lever, where a slot goes dark only one of them touches it. read straight from each entry's affinity table; nothing here is invented.
Strongly stimulates hunger
Stimulates hunger signaling
Agonist driving pituitary GH release
Agonist that triggers pituitary GH pulses
Binds ectodomain to trigger prosurvival, antioxidant signaling
Amplifies natural GH-releasing signals
strengths are the entries' qualitative ratings (strong / moderate / weak); Ki and EC50 figures appear where an entry records them.