Comparison tool
Compare peptides
Pick up to three compounds. Useful for deciding whether two peptides in a stack actually do different things, or whether you're paying twice for the same pathway.
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Comparison results
| Attribute | |
|---|---|
| Category | Longevity |
| Evidence grade | Emerging |
| Also known as | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide |
| Mechanism | Serves as an electron carrier in redox reactions and as the required substrate for sirtuins and PARP enzymes, which govern DNA repair and mitochondrial biogenesis. |
| Key benefits | Reported energy and mental-clarity improvements · Supports sirtuin-mediated DNA repair pathways · Used adjunctively in recovery clinics |
| Side effects | Flushing, chest tightness and nausea during rapid infusion · Injection-site pain · Headache |
| Half-life | Very short in circulation |
| Administration | IV infusion, subcutaneous injection or nasal spray |
| Dosing overview | IV 250–750 mg per session; subcutaneous 50–100 mg several times weekly |
| Storage | Refrigerated, light-protected |
| Legal status | Compounded and sold in clinics; not an approved drug for ageing. |
Dosing figures reflect published literature and commonly reported community protocols. They are informational only.
Head-to-head comparisons
Each comparison below is its own page with the full attribute table, key differences and shared attributes for that pairing. They are grouped by the category the compounds are indexed under.
GLP-1 receptor agonists
Direct comparisons between the incretin-based compounds most often searched against one another.
Metabolic and GLP-1 compounds
Compounds indexed under metabolic use, including the GLP-1 receptor agonists and the smaller fat-metabolism peptides often searched alongside them.
Recovery and tissue repair
Pairings between compounds indexed for healing, connective tissue and post-injury recovery.
Growth-hormone axis
Secretagogues and releasing peptides that act on growth-hormone signalling, compared with each other and with adjacent compounds.
Longevity and mitochondrial
Compounds indexed under longevity, cellular and mitochondrial function.
Sexual health
Melanocortin and related compounds indexed for sexual-health use.