What are Peptides?
Classes of Peptides
- Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone (MSH) analogues
- Testosterone Enhancing Peptides
- Muscle, Bone and Tendon Repair Peptides
- Weight Loss Peptides
- Muscle Building Peptides
- Fat Loss Peptides
- Sleep Peptides
- Brain Peptides
- Energy Peptides
- Immune Enhancing Peptides
- Sexual Arousal Peptides
- Telomere Lengthening Peptides
What is Peptide Therapy
What Conditions Does Peptide Therapy Address
How Can Peptide Therapy Help Me?
Peptides offered at Delaware Integrative Medicine:
Thymosin B4
Thymosin is a hormone secreted from the thymus. Its primary function is to stimulate the production of T cells, which are an important part of the immune system. Thymosin also assists in the development of B cells to plasma cells to produce antibodies. The predominant form of thymosin, thymosin beta 4, is an actin, a cell building protein. One of the main mechanisms of action of Thymosin Beta-4 is its regulation of Actin.
Benefits may include:
- Calms muscle spasm
- Improved muscle tone
- Increased exchange of substances between cells
- Encourages tissue repair
- Stretches connective tissue
- Helps maintain flexibility
- Reduced inflammation of tissue in joints
- Encourages the growth of new blood cells in tissue
- Increased endurance and strength
- Prevents formation of adhesions and fibrous bands in muscles, tendons, and ligaments
- Effective in fighting infectious disease like Lyme disease by stimulating T cells and B cells
Melanotan II
Melanotan II (MT2) is a stimulating peptide which induces skin tanning. Melanocyte Stimulating Hormones (MSH) are a class of peptide hormones produced in the intermediate lobe of the pituitary gland that stimulate pigment cells (melanocytes) in the skin and hair to produce and release melanin which leads to darker skin and hair. Melanotan II increases melanin production via stimulation of skin pigment cells called melanocytes.
Use of the tanning peptide provides more a-MSH which results in more melanin being produced and greater tanning potential (skin pigmentation) regardless of your skin type.
Benefits may include:
- The ability to achieve a darker tan with less exposure to UV radiation
- Possible reduction in the risk of Melanoma (skin cancer)
- Possible reduction in the incidence of sun-damaged skin
- Fair skin individuals have the ability to develop a tan through the use of the MT2 peptide
- Can lead to reduction in body fat
- No sunburn, no tan lines
- No sunless tanning streaks or fake tan removal
- It can increase libido