Peptide Blog

Melanotan 2 (MT-2) is a synthetic version of human alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH). It was originally developed in the 1980s, at the University of Arizona, after it was found that α-MSH caused sexual arousal in rodents as well as darkening of the skin. Originally designed as a sunless tanning option, MT-2 was eventually found to have a wide range of effects such as:

• increasing sexual arousal,
• promoting tanning or skin pigmentation,
• reducing compulsive behavior,
• controlling addiction,
• fighting hunger,
• reducing glucagon production, and
• reversing features of autism.