SLU-PP-915

What it is

This molecule belongs to a family scientists call exercise mimetics. They are built to switch on some of the same cellular programs that exercise does, without you moving a muscle. SLU-PP-915 is the newer, more drug-like member of that family, and its big claim is that it works by mouth. The earlier version could only be injected.

How it works

Cells have little power plants called mitochondria, and a set of buttons called estrogen-related receptors (ERRs) helps control how fast they run. This molecule presses those buttons. That nudges cells to make more mitochondria, burn more fat, and fire up the machinery exercise normally triggers. Your body already has these receptors; the molecule just turns up their activity.

What people report

• ✦In mice, a single dose raised exercise-response genes in muscle within an hour
• ✦Multi-day courses improved treadmill endurance in animal testing
• ✦Showed benefit in a mouse model of heart failure
• ✦The orally active version opens the door to a form people could actually take

Typical use

There is no human protocol because the compound has never been tested in people. Any use is strictly experimental research.

Dosing reference

No reference human dosing exists. The oral activity that makes it interesting has only been shown in mice. Verify against current primary literature before anything else.

Reference only — not a recommendation. Verify via primary sources.

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Notes

It is not a peptide, despite appearing in peptide catalogs. It is a small synthetic molecule.