MT-II

Melanotan II (MT-II) is a synthetic cyclic heptapeptide researched as a non-selective agonist of the melanocortin receptors — the receptor family governing pigmentation, sexual function, appetite, and energy balance. It has been studied since the 1980s, first as a potential sunless-tanning agent and later as a probe of central melanocortin biology. Developed at the University…