In the words of Gustavo Bounous, MD, retired professor of surgery at McGill University in Montreal, Its the [bodys] most important antioxidant because its within the cell. Although its absolutely essential to maintaining a healthy immune system, it is not technically an essential nutrient because the body can create it from the amino acids L-cysteine, L-glutamic acid (a component of glutamine) and glycine
Albeit a slightly strange location
However, with increasing attention comes a wave of misinformation
A month of oral BPC-157 might deliver the therapeutic equivalent of a week or two of injectable BPC-157
These findings, however, come from animal and in-vitro models, and results in such models do not necessarily translate to humans
doi:10.1016/j.rmed.2009.06.016