Treatment of aged rat cardiac fibroblasts with NAC or NAC + Gly rose the intracellular GSH content, and notably, the combination of NAC and Gly exerted a better effect [109]
Studies using rat models with transected Achilles tendons showed BPC-157 treatment resulted in accelerated recovery with increased load to failure, superior Achilles Functional Index scores, enhanced mononuclear cell infiltration, improved collagen fiber organization, and smaller persistent defects compared to untreated controls
Blackwell TK, Steinbaugh MJ, Hourihan JM, Ewald CY, Isik M (2015) SKN-1/Nrf, stress responses, and aging in Caenorhabditis elegans
More impressively, in the chronic unpredictable stress model (a more severe, clinically relevant paradigm), BPC-157 maintained effectiveness at both 4-day and 6-day assessments while imipramine 30 mg daily only became effective after prolonged treatment