ImmunePreclinical
KPV: a promising gut anti-inflammatory that has never been tested in people
A three-amino-acid fragment of alpha-MSH calms colitis in mice and inflammation in cultured human cells. No human trial has been published.
KPV
The last three amino acids of alpha-MSH, anti-inflammatory in mouse colitis and cell studies; no published human trial exists.
- Also known as
- Lys-Pro-Val, α-MSH(11–13), Alpha-MSH 11-13
- Area
- Immune
- Status
- Not approved as a medicine; no published human trials