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Gastrointestinal Health

GIP (Gastric Inhibitory Peptide)

GIP, gastric inhibitory peptide, is one of the two gut hormones — the other is GLP-1, glucagon-like peptide-1 — that tell the pancreas to release insulin as soon as food arrives, before blood sugar has moved much. It is far more prominent now than it was, because tirzepatide works partly by acting at the GIP receptor. One of the sharpest findings about it is a failure: under a hyperglycaemic clamp, the insulin response to infused GIP was 54 per cent lower in people with type 2 diabetes than in matched controls, while GLP-1 kept most of its effect. GIP itself is not a treatment, and eight identity fields including its sequence are empty here.

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Studied forIncretin research · Insulin secretion research · Fat metabolism context
Evidence on file2 human observational studies · 1 human case report or series · 1 animal study · 1 citation not yet graded
Strongest sourceHormonal Modulation of Fat Mass Induced Insulin Resistance. (human observational study)

Mechanism

Activates the GIP receptor on beta cells to raise glucose-dependent insulin release, and on adipocytes to affect lipid storage.

Reported effects

What sources associate with this compound. Reported categories, not outcomes we have graded — each would need its own citation and rung.

  • Incretin research
  • Insulin secretion research
  • Fat metabolism context

Dosing on file unverified

7, 20, 60 pmol/kg IV bolus; 1 pmol/kg/min IV infusion; 2 µg/kg/hr

Carried from a source that labels it unverified, and reproduced with that label attached. A record of what is reported, not a recommendation. No citation on this page establishes it.

Literature on file 6

Not graded

1 citation whose study design could not be read from the title. Left ungraded rather than guessed at.

Identity

UniProt
P09681 (precursor)

Notes unverified prose

Human studies: dose-dependent glucagon stimulation; Human IV dose-response studies

Not on file 9

8 of the 8 fields we track hold nothing on this record, and each says why. 1 further absence is named below. A blank field is a bug; a named absence is a finding.

Each field links to every other record missing the same thing. The full ledger holds 765 gaps across 163 records.

Listed prices 2

What 1 shop we track listed for GIP (Gastric Inhibitory Peptide), read from their own public catalogues on 2026-09-14. We take no commission on these and they are not ranked by any payment — how vendors are scored.

Compare prices2 listings from 1 shop
Listed in USD
VendorSizePricePer mg
A2Z Peptides 60 mg $134.50 USD $2.24/mg
A2Z Peptides 20 mg $121.90 USD $6.09/mg

Prices are the vendor's own listing, reproduced with the date we read it — never converted between currencies, and compared per milligram only where the vendor states the vial size.