Antimicrobial Peptides Explained: Defensins, Cathelicidins and LL-37
Antimicrobial peptides explained: defensins, cathelicidins like LL-37 and other host-defence peptides, how they kill microbes, and why they're studied.
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Tag: Research Use Only
Pure Peptides Canada sells its products for in-vitro laboratory research only. They are not for human or veterinary use.
D-Amino Acids Explained: Mirror-Image Building Blocks in Peptides
D-amino acids explained: what chirality means, where mirror-image amino acids occur in nature, and why designers build them into peptides.
Amino Acid Codes: The One-Letter and Three-Letter Chart
Amino acid codes explained: one-letter and three-letter abbreviations for all 20 amino acids, how to read a peptide sequence, and the essential nine.
Peptide Hormones Explained: From Insulin to GLP-1
Peptide hormones explained: what they are, where they're made, how they act, and a reference table from insulin and GLP-1 to GHRH, oxytocin and PTH.
Neuropeptides Explained: The Brain’s Peptide Messengers
Neuropeptides explained: how they differ from classic neurotransmitters, the major families from endorphins to orexin, and which ones researchers study.
GPCRs Explained: How Peptide Receptors Work
GPCRs explained: how G protein-coupled receptors turn a peptide signal into a cellular response, the receptor classes, and the peptides that use them.
How Peptides Degrade: A Guide to Peptide Stability
Peptide stability explained: oxidation, deamidation, aspartimide formation, hydrolysis and aggregation, the riskiest sequences, and how storage helps.
Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP): What the Research Shows
Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) explained: the 28-amino-acid neuropeptide found in 1970, its VPAC receptors, what it does, and sourcing in Canada.
Argireline vs SNAP-8: What the Cosmetic Peptide Research Shows
Argireline and SNAP-8 explained: the SNAP-25-mimicking cosmetic peptides, what the 2002 and 2013 studies found, the evidence gaps, and sourcing in Canada.
What Are Peptides? A Plain-English Guide
What are peptides? A guide to the short amino-acid chains behind hormones like insulin, how they differ from proteins, and how researchers study them.
