Melanotan II

Structure

Regulatory & access status

Melanotan II is not approved by the FDA for any use; products sold under this name are labeled for research use only, not for human consumption.

Sellers that market unapproved peptides for human use can receive FDA warning letters; our vendor directory links any letter we found on fda.gov.

How much research exists on Melanotan II?

PubMed indexes 196 papers mentioning Melanotan II in the title or abstract, 29 of them from the last five years and 4 tagged as clinical trials (search run October 19, 2026; repeat the search).

Most relevant recent papers

• Melanotan-II reverses memory impairment induced by a short-term HF diet. — Biomed Pharmacother, 2023
• Melanotan II: a possible cause of renal infarction: review of the literature and case report. — CEN Case Rep, 2020 · review
• Melanotan II User Experience: A Qualitative Study of Online Discussion Forums. — Dermatology, 2021
• CLIPSing Melanotan-II to Discover Multiple Functionally Selective hMCR Agonists. — J Med Chem, 2022
• Melanotan-II reverses autistic features in a maternal immune activation mouse model of autism. — PLoS One, 2019
• Melanotan-II: Investigation of the inducer and facilitator effects on penile erection in anaesthetized rat. — Neuroscience, 2006

What the evidence does not show

• Paper counts measure research attention, not whether Melanotan II works or is safe.
• No FDA review of any "research use only" product's identity, purity, sterility or dose.

Research suppliers that list Melanotan II

36 vendors in our directory listed a product matching Melanotan II in their public catalog on October 19, 2026. Listed alphabetically; a listing is not an endorsement. Research use only.

• Ascension PeptidesCatalog item: “Melanotan II (10MG)”
• Atomik LabzCatalog item: “BULK PACK MT2 – 10mg (10 VIALS)”
• Biocollex ResearchCatalog item: “MELANOTAN 2”
• BioGenix PeptidesCatalog item: “Melanotan II 10mg”
• Bulk Peptide SupplyCatalog item: “MELANOTAN II 10 mg”
• Core PeptidesCatalog item: “Melanotan 2 – 10MG”
• Dynamic PeptideCatalog item: “Melanotan 2 10mg Peptide”
• Eros PeptidesCatalog item: “Melanotan-II 10MG”
• Evolve BioPepCatalog item: “Melanotan-2 10mg”
• Extreme PeptidesCatalog item: “Melanotan II”
• JetPepsCatalog item: “MT2 10mg”
• Liberty PeptidesCatalog item: “Melanotan II (10mg)”
• Licensed PeptidesCatalog item: “MTII, Melanotan2 10mg”
• LotusPeptideCatalog item: “Melanotan II 10mg”
• Modern AminosCatalog item: “Melts Pro™ Melanotan II Dissolving Strips”
• NuScience PeptidesCatalog item: “Melanotan II – 10mg”
• Paramount PeptidesCatalog item: “MT-II (Melanotan II) (10mg)”
• Peptide CraftersCatalog item: “Melanotan 2 (10mg)”
• Peptide WorldwideCatalog item: “30MG Melanotan II (3 x 10mg vials) – $54.00”
• Peptide.ExpressCatalog item: “Melanotan II”
• Pharma Grade PeptidesCatalog item: “Melanotan 2 Peptide Buy”
• Pinnacle Peptide LabsCatalog item: “Melanotan II [10mg]”
• Polaris PeptidesCatalog item: “Melanotan II 17mg”
• Prime Lab PeptidesCatalog item: “Melanotan II – 10mg”
• Prime PeptidesCatalog item: “Melanotan II”
• ProtideHealthCatalog item: “Melanotan-2 (MT-2) 10mg”
• Pure Lab PeptidesCatalog item: “Melanotan II 10mg”
• Ramp PeptidesCatalog item: “MT-2”
• San Diego PeptidesCatalog item: “Melanotan II (MT-2)”
• Science.bioCatalog item: “Melanotan-2 (MT-2) – Aliquot”
• Southern AminosCatalog item: “MELANOTAN II 10mg”
• Sports Technology LabsCatalog item: “Melanotan II 10 mg”
• Sunrise BioResearchCatalog item: “MT-2 10mg x 10vials, 100mg”
• Swiss ChemsCatalog item: “Melanotan II, 10mg”
• Voltera SciencesCatalog item: “MT-2 10MG”
• Xcel PeptidesCatalog item: “Melanotan 2”

Prices per mg, where we could verify them, are on our price comparison.

Melanotan II reconstitution math

Lab arithmetic only, not dosing guidance: use the peptide calculator to turn a vial size and diluent volume into a concentration.

Melanotan II FAQ

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