MetabolicPreclinical
MOTS-c: a real discovery, but no human trial yet
The body makes MOTS-c and exercise raises it; injected into mice it improved insulin sensitivity and fitness. No study has yet given it to people and published the results.
MOTS-c
A 16-amino-acid peptide encoded in mitochondrial DNA; it improved metabolism and fitness in mice, but no human dosing trial has been published.
- Also known as
- mitochondrial open reading frame of the 12S rRNA-c, mitochondrial-derived peptide
- Area
- Metabolic
- Status
- Not an approved medicine in the UK or US; banned in sport (WADA S4.4)