Body Pharm MOTS-C 32
139,00 €Multi-dose pen · 32 mg · 3 ml
Mitochondrial energy & endurance
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Mitochondrial peptides
Two different things get filed under this heading, and conflating them is the most common error in the category. Mitochondrial-derived peptides are encoded in mitochondrial DNA and act as signalling molecules. NAD precursors are not peptides at all; they are inputs to a coenzyme. They are grouped here because you probably arrived looking for the same outcome, and separated here because they work differently.
Body Pharm NAD+ 1000
129,00 €Multi-dose pen · 1000 mg · 3 ml
Cellular renewal & longevity
Mitochondrial-derived peptides
MOTS-c is encoded in mitochondrial rather than nuclear DNA and is studied as a signalling molecule in metabolic regulation. It is a peptide in the strict sense, and it is the compound the category name actually describes. Its published literature is comparatively young.
NAD precursors are a different category of molecule
NAD+ is a coenzyme involved in cellular energy metabolism; NMN and nicotinamide riboside are precursors the body converts towards it. None of these is a peptide. They appear alongside MOTS-c because the research interest overlaps, in mitochondrial function and metabolic health, not because the mechanism is shared. A page that treats "mitochondrial peptides" as covering both without saying so is describing two categories as one.
A note on search data for NAD
The abbreviation NAD is heavily overloaded. It matches unrelated medical usage, so raw search interest in the term substantially overstates interest in the compound. This matters when assessing claims about how researched or popular NAD+ supplementation is, because the headline figures often are not measuring the compound at all. The two compounds we supply are compared directly at MOTS-c vs NAD+.
Comparisons in this class
FAQ
Is NAD+ a peptide?
No. NAD+ is a coenzyme, and NMN and nicotinamide riboside are precursors to it. Only MOTS-c in this group is a peptide.
What makes MOTS-c a mitochondrial peptide?
It is encoded in mitochondrial DNA rather than nuclear DNA, and is studied as a signalling molecule in metabolic regulation.
Which precursor is studied most, NMN or nicotinamide riboside?
They are different molecules on the same pathway with separate literatures. The comparison pages below set out what distinguishes each from NAD+ directly.